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A Cape Cod Notebook can be heard every Tuesday morning at 8:45am and afternoon at 5:45pm.It's commentary on the unique people, wildlife, and environment of our coastal region.A Cape Cod Notebook commentators include:Robert Finch, a nature writer living in Wellfleet who created, 'A Cape Cod Notebook.' It won the 2006 New England Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio Writing.

A Pair of Horseshoe Crabs Stranded by the Outgoing Tide

Eric Fleming / flickr

 No beast possesses such a lethargic, amorous progress as the horseshoe crab. On a recent day, Robert Finch found a pair of mating horseshoe crabs on the bank of the tidal creek.  The paired crabs had apparently been stranded by the outgoing tide only minutes before.  Attempting to help, Bob tossed the pair off the end of a jetty and into deeper water - and only to recognize the old truth that misplaced compassion and ignorant attempts to influence the direction of another’s life, however well-meant, are at best ineffective, and at worst, unintentionally harmful.

Robert Finch is a nature writer living in Wellfleet. 'A Cape Cod Notebook' won the 2006 New England Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio Writing.