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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Presentation at Mass Audubon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Breeding Bird Atlas II: Changes in Bird Populations</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">by</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Joan Walsh, Mass Audubon</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">s director of the Breeding Bird Atlas II project</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">In 1974, Mass Audubon organized the Breeding Bird Atlas, the first attempt in North America to systematically map the status of breeding birds on a statewide scale.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Since this effort, Atlas projects have been completed in every state east of the Mississippi, in many western states, Canadian provinces, and in other countries around the world. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Twenty-five years later, Atlas II is being tackled to discover how birds are faring.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">In this presentation, Mass Audubon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s Joan Walsh will provide an overview of this project and share current results and how they compare and how bird populations have changed in the past 25 years.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The talk</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">will be held at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">is open to the public. C</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ost is $3 for members of Mass Audubon and $5 for non-members. Refreshments will be served. No registration is required.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">For questions please call 508-349-2615.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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