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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Friends of the </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Bird
Banding: What it is, and Why it is so Important</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With Sue Finnegan, NABC
Certified Master Bander & Trainer </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday,
February 8, 2011</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>, at </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:30pm</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Cape
Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>869 Rte
6A, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Brewster</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MA</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>02631</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>508-896-3867
x 133 www.ccmnh.org</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>January 17, 2011</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Contact:
</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Gayle Kenerson</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> 508-385-2192 or <a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net">gck1@comcast.net</a>
</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friends of CCMNH monthly
program will be held on<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tuesday, February 8, 2011</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> at </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:00pm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Followed by a talk at </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:30pm</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Bird
Banding: What it is, and Why it is so Important</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>With </span></font></b>Sue
Finnegan<span style='font-weight:normal'>, NABC Certified Master Bander &
Trainer</span></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>As you might guess, this presentation is
not about a group of birds getting together to play music. Bird banding is a
universal and indispensable technique for studying the movement, survival and
behavior of birds. Sue will show how wild birds are carefully caught in a
controlled setting. She will describe the information that is recorded
for each bird, such as its weight, age and sex. After putting up with this
brief interruption in its flight, each bird is rewarded with a pretty bracelet
that identifies it from every other banded bird. Banding not only provides
information about each individual bird, but is a way to help us better
understand the paths and environments used by birds, their life-span and
survival rate, and their behavior. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Sue Finnegan</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> graduated from </span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Northeastern</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>University</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> and Harvard's
School of Medicine Joint Center for Radiation Therapy. Her interest in birds
was revived staying home to care for her young children. Sue began banding
birds, studying under a Master Bander for six years. She obtained her own
Master Permit and opened the Wing Island Bird Banding Station at the CCMNH in
2000. She studied with Peter Pyle, ornithologist and author of
"Identification Guide to North American Birds" and became nationally
certified by the North American Birding Council (NABC) in 2001, has received
specialized training for banding </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>hummingbirds, and has earned trainer-level
certification from NABC. Sue has been President of the Eastern Bird Banding
Association and is a member of the</span></font><b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'> Association of Field Ornithologists. </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>1:00pm</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> Friends Meeting</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>1:30pm</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> Talk by Sue Finnegan</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Friends/free Guests/$3</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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