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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">Maritime Days at the
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">May </SPAN></B><st1:time Hour="12"
Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">12 – 1:00 pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"> - Coastal Waterbird
Program<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">May </SPAN></B><st1:time Hour="19"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">19 – 1:00 pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">Cape Cod</SPAN></B></st1:place><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"> Stranding Network
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </SPAN></B><st1:date Month="5"
Day="3" Year="2007"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">May 3, 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
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style="COLOR: black">Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </SPAN><SPAN
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href="mailto:adminsupport@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoHyperlink><U><FONT color=#0000ff>The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
will celebrate Maritime Days on Cape Cod with two major programs:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 12 at 1:00 pm <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Coastal Waterbirds</I> and May 19 1:00 pm <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Cape Cod Stranding Network and the
National Marine Life Center</I>. Both presentations are free with museum
admission.<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">On May 12 at
1:00 pm Coastal Water birds will feature Rebecca J. Harris, PhD, director of the
Massachusetts Audubon Society Coastal Water bird program at Long pasture
Wildlife Sanctuary in Cummaquid, who will speak on protecting fast vanishing
coastal habitats and monitoring techniques for the endangered Piping Plover and
special birds of concern – Least Terns, American Oystercatchers, Common and
Artic Terns. There will also be a presentation on SEANET, a program of
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tufts</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Conservation
Medicine/Wildlife Clinic, that tracks beached birds along our shores through
researchers and citizen scientist volunteers to identify threats to our seabird
populations.</P>
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color=#0000ff><U><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink>On May 19 at 1:00 pm Katie Touhey,
Executive Director of The Cape Cod Stranding Network, and Kathy Zagzebski,
President of the National Marine Life Center, will present a joint program on
the stranding of marine mammals and turtles, and the federally-permitted rescue
and rehabilitation work being done with the valuable assistance of trained Cape
Cod volunteers. They will talk about the marine animals you will see in
</SPAN><st1:place><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink>Cape Cod</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink> waters, how strandings occur, and what you should do if you
see a seal or turtle on the beach.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Both Maritime Day presentations will
offer hands-on scenarios for the audience to develop an understanding of what is
involved in monitoring and rescuing our extraordinary marine
animals.<o:p></o:p></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">For further
information, please contact the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> of Natural
History, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">508-896-3867,
Ext. 129.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></P>
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