Cape Cod National Seashore
Penniman House All fifth grade
students in the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School
System are required to spend a week at the N.E.E.D Collaborative in Truro. The building is a
former Coast Guard Station located a few hundred yards from the Atlantic Ocean and is within the Cape Cod National Seashore. During
their stay, students will participate in a Beach and Dune hike along Ballston
Beach, day trips to Fort Hill at the Red
Maple Swamp, theWhite
Cedar Swamp, the Salt Pond Visitor's
Center, the Beech
Forest, the Marconi Station,
and the Pilgrim Monument.
They will also participate in a variety of environmental studies of kettle
ponds, salt marshes,
bogs, and dunes.
The Mayflower
Landed Here
Lower Cape
Map
Reminder to Families:
Please make arrangements to have
your child picked up at school by 12:00 Noon on Friday.
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Strongly Advisable
- Sleeping bag or bedroll
- Pillow
- Shirts/blouses or T-shirts
- Jackets and/or sweatshirts
- 6 Sets of underwear
- Hat
- Personal care items (towels, soap, toothbrush, etc.
- Plastic bag (for dirty laundry)
- Old shoes or rubber boots for pond & saltmarsh
studies
- Raincoat
- Long pants
- At least 10 pairs of socks
- Slippers & sleepwear
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Seasonally Wise
- Shorts
- Scarf
- Thermal underwear
- Several pair of wool socks
- Mittens
Up to
You
- Simple camera w/film
- Bathrobe
- Small backpack
- Personal water bottle
- Books to read
- Stationery, stamps
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Things to Bring:
- Money
- Flashlights
- Pocket knives
- Battery or plug-operated radios, CD
players, curling irons, hair dryers, etc.
- Fishing rods & reels
Things NOT to
Bring:
- Candy, extra snacks
- Electronic games
- Bathing suits
- Heavily scented personal care
items: hair sprays, perfumes, etc.
Seashore Birds
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Red-throated
Loon
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Common Loon
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Northern
Gannet
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Great
Cormorant
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Great Blue
Heron
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Snowy Egret
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Black-bellied
Plover
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American
Oystercatcher
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Whimbrel
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Sanderling
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Semipalmated
Sandpiper
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Black-crowned
Night-Heron
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Canada Goose
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Green-winged
Teal
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American
Black Duck
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Mallard
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American
Wigeon
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Canvasback
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Ring-necked
Duck
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Common Eider
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Herring Gull
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Roseate Tern
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Common Tern
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Red-breasted
Merganser
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Ruddy Duck
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Northern
Harrier
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Sharp-shinned
Hawk
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Mourning
Dove
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Northern
Flicker
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Tree Swallow
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American
Crow
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Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
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Gray Catbird
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Black-capped
Chickadee
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Red-breasted
Nuthatch
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Song Sparrow
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Dark-eyed
Junco
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Red-eyed
Vireo
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Yellow
Warbler
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Yellow-rumped
Warbler
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American
Redstart
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Bobolink
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Red-winged
Blackbird
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Northern
Oriole
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House Finch
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Pine Siskin
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American
Goldfinch
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Cooper's
Hawk
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Red-tailed
Hawk
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Northern
Mockingbird
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Whip-poor-will
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Chimney
Swift
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Purple Finch
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Great Horned Owl
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