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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Beginner’s Guide to Shorebirds<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:normal'>A Field School course for Adults<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Offered by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>July 26–28, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About the Course:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Nail down the identification of “peeps,” plovers, and other species in this introductory three-day field course. Throngs of migrating shorebirds stop to feed and rest on the productive mud flats and marshes and late July is the peak of activity. The identification of sandpipers, dowitchers, yellowlegs, godwits, plovers, and other species will be the focus, but along the way we will learn about shorebird migration, behavior, and breeding biology. We’ll also take a peek at the tern species! A tour of South Beach in Chatham, Coast Guard Beach in Eastham, and Nauset Marsh in Orleans; and dinner on the first evening are included.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About the Instructor:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> David Clapp is an ornithologist and general naturalist with training in biology and science education. He has a strong interest in habitat conservation as well as land preservation and management. The former director of Mass Audubon’s South Shore Sanctuaries, David now serves as a consultant on a wide variety of research projects and continues to lead trips for Mass Audubon (and the Smithsonian) throughout North America, the tropics of Central and South America, East and Southern Africa, and the Indian subcontinent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Additional Details:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> This Field School course is sponsored by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, a 1,100-acre sanctuary located in South Wellfleet, MA. Cost for the course is $275 for members of Mass Audubon and $300 for non-members, which includes instruction, field trips, and one group dinner. Participants may need to provide their own transportation to and from study sites. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information about this course, the sanctuary, and other Field Schools please check out our website at <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay/fieldschools">http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay/fieldschools</a> or call 508-349-2615.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>**********************************************<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Melissa Lowe, Outreach & Special Programs Coordinator</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mlowe@massaudubon.org</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>508-349-2615, ext 107</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>