ACONS Webinars

A Celebration of Nantucket Sound (ACONS) Webinar Series

ACONS is an educational webinar series designed to celebrate Nantucket Sound’s exceptional environment, robust history, and cultural importance to the Cape and Islands. These webinars provide free, accessible, and fun learning opportunities for individuals and families in the safety of their own homes through Zoom. To date, we have presented over 20 webinars and have welcomed over 4,000 registrants.

Each webinar features a renowned expert in their field, presenting on one of the Sound’s unique values – and answering your questions in a live Q&A session to follow.

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Upcoming Webinars

Catching Migration: Songbird Banding on Nantucket

June 12, 2025

6:00 pm

Join master bird bander Libby Buck for an insightful presentation on the science of bird banding at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation’s new banding station. Discover how researchers track migrating songbirds that have traveled to Nantucket, including those coming from across Nantucket Sound. Learn what bird banding reveals about bird populations and how this work contributes to conservation efforts. This webinar offers a behind-the-scenes look at the fascinating world of bird migration research!

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Marine & Cultural Connections: Nantucket Sound & the Azores

August 14, 2025

6:00 pm

Southeastern Massachusetts and the Azores share deep historical and cultural ties. Observations recorded in whaling logbooks provide valuable insight into these connections. This webinar, featuring guest speaker Robert Rocha of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, explores primary source data from these logbooks to reveal what whalers saw as they sailed from New Bedford, past Nantucket, through Nantucket Sound, and eastward to the Azores. Many of the marine animals documented on these voyages would have also been seen in Nantucket Sound, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity and ecological link to the Azores

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Past Webinars

Climate Challenges on the Cape & Islands

April 24, 2025

Guest speaker: Meteorologist Chris Gloninger, Sr. Scientist at Woods Hole Group, explores the history of climate cchange and how current trends are reshaping Cape Cod.

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Oysters & Nantucket Sound

March 20, 2025

Guest Speaker: Dan Martino, author (The Oyster Book) and co-owner of Cottage City Oysters on Martha’s Vineyard, talks about farming oysters on the Cape and Islands.

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