<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">PLEASE JOIN IN THE CAPE COD WATERFOWL SURVEY DEC. 1 & 2.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Palatino; color:black">Volunteers Wanted for Bird Survey Dec. 1 and 2.</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Nature's Circle will lead a section of the annual Cape Cod Lake and Pond <b>Waterfowl Survey</b></span><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> on Sunday, December 2th, 2012.<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. The survey is run by the Cape Cod Bird Club and serves to accumulate data on the wintering waterfowl populations. It is a wonderful way to spend a winter Sunday and we need volunteers, experienced or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">This Falmouth team will visit twelve sites, from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Little<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sippewissett Marsh on Buzzards Bay, Morse Pond, Nye Pond,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Childs River, Moonakis River and ponds near Waquoit Bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We can expect to see Hooded Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Goldeneyes, Great Blue Herons, Pintails, Buffleheads, Eiders and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">We shall start at 9 am at Woodneck Beach off Sippewissett Road 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 spotting ‘scopes, driving between sites, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>we can carpool.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">This will be the 14th year Nature’s Circle with the help of many 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"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">On Saturday, December 1, another Falmouth team led by Molly Cornell will survey other ponds and lakes in Falmouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For that see <u>www.300committee.org<o:p></o:p></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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