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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">The Friends of the
</SPAN></B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">
</SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"> of Natural
History<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">present<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">Bird Watching Fact and
Fiction with Mike O’Connor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><st1:date Month="10" Day="9" Year="2007"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">Tuesday, October 9,
2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">For Immediate Release:
</SPAN></B><st1:date Month="9" Day="20" Year="2007"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">September 20,
2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Contact: Bob
Smith 508-896-6333 or <A
href="mailto:bobmsm@earthlink.net">bobmsm@earthlink.net</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">What:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Mike O’Connor talking about “Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches” and
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>other bird lore.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Where:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Cape
Cod</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Museum</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> of Natural
History<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>869 Route 6A, Brewster<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">When:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:date Month="10" Day="9" Year="2007"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Tuesday,
October 9, 2007</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Time:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Talk at </SPAN><st1:time Hour="13" Minute="30"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">1:30
pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN
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</SPAN>Friends’ lunch & business meeting at </SPAN><st1:time Hour="12"
Minute="30"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">12:30
pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Mike
O’Connor is the owner of the Bird Watcher’s General Store in
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Orleans</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">,
writer of the weekly “Ask the Bird Folks” column in the <I>Cape Codder</I>, and
author of his new book, “Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get
Headaches”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Mike
opened the Bird Watcher's General Store in 1983.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since that time, he has answered
thousands of questions about birds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The questions have ranged from inquiries about specific species to what
and when to feed birds (“Should I bring my feeders in for the summer”) to the
down-and-dirty specifics of backyard birding (“Why are birds dropping poop in my
pool”).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Anyone
who is familiar with Mike’s column will know that this talk will be fact-filled
(Mike really knows his birds), but at the same time entertaining and full of
humor and some sarcasm.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'">After
the program, Mike will be autographing his new book “Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get
Headaches?”</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Members of
Friends of CCMNH: admission free<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Guests:
$3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Cape
Cod</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Museum</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> of Natural
History<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">869 Route 6A,
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Brewster</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">,
</SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">MA</SPAN></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
</SPAN><st1:PostalCode><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">02631</SPAN></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">508-896-3867<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>www.ccmnh.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>