<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B>Cape Cod Lake and Pond Waterfowl Survey 2008</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B> </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B> </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Nature's Circle will lead a section of the annual Cape Cod Lake and Pond Waterfowl Survey on Sunday, December 7th, 2008.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The survey covers all ponds and lakes on Cape Cod, with dozens of teams, all on the same weekend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a wonderful way to spend a winter Sunday and we need a few volunteers, experienced or not<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">This team will visit twelve sites, from<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Little<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sippewissett Marsh on Buzzards Bay to Childs River and ponds near Waquoit Bay.i<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We can expect to see Hooded Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Goldeneyes, Great Blue Herons, Pintails, Buffleheads, and many others.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">We shall start at 9 am at Woodneck Beach and finish around 3 pm in Waquoit, so participants should bring a lunch, binoculars, ‘scope if you have it, a sense of adventure, and wear very warm clothes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a great day outdoors and you'll see ponds you never knew were there !<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is not much walking, mostly short walks and searching through spottingscopes, driving between sites and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>we can carpool.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">This will be the tenth year that Alison Robb with the help of other volunteers has counted waterfowl across Falmouth early in December.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To sign up call Nature's Circle, 508-564-4331, or email:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:nature@cape.com">nature@cape.com</A>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Thank you.</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV></BODY></HTML>