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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dying Eiders: Discovering the Wellfleet Bay Virus</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Sarah Courchesne, DVM</span></i></strong><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Saturday, January 12, 11 a.m. - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Join Sarah Courchesne, DVM and Project Director of the Seabird Ecological Assessment, Network for an in-depth look at the newly discovered virus that may play a prominent role in the mortality of
common eiders, which have often been found dead during late summer and early fall along the bayside beaches of Cape Cod. Learn more about the role of citizen scientists in quantifying the impact of the mortality and its geographic range, and learn how you
can become involved in the research. <br>
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For decades, Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) have been found dead during late summer and early fall along the bayside beaches of Cape Cod. Only within the last few years has a partnership between the U.S. government, academic institutions, and non-profit
organizations revealed a potential cause. A newly discovered virus, named for the Bay where it was detected, may play a prominent role in the die-offs. Wellfleet Bay Virus is now at the frontline of infectious disease research in the Northeast. Scientists
have relied on reports of dead eiders from volunteer "citizen scientists" all over Cape Cod to quantify the impact of the mortality, and its geographic range. We need many more volunteers to fill in considerable gaps in our data. This presentation will outline
the die-off investigation and also give interested individuals the information they need to join the ranks of SEANET's citizen scientists.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$5 members/ $7 nonmembers; pre-registration is required.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">And please join us at 1 p.m. on the same day for
<b>In Search of Winter Sea Ducks</b>. </span>Science Coordinator Mark Faherty will help us look at eiders and other sea ducks up-close during this visit to Wellfleet Harbor (or an ocean beach, depending on recent sightings).<span style="color:black"> (7 members/
$9 nonmembers; pre-registration is required.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Please call to reserve a space in advance: 508.349.2615, or register online at: Dying Eiders:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1171-WF13WI1">
http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1171-WF13WI1</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">In Search of Winter Sea Ducks:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1172-WF13WI1">
http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1172-WF13WI1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> Our January/ February</span> program brochure can be viewed here:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_243.pdf">http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_243.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Please let me know if you have any questions, or suggestions about future programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">I hope to see you at the sanctuary soon!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amy<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Amy Fleischer, Education Director/ Public Programs Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:afleischer@massaudubon.org">afleischer@massaudubon.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">508-349-2615, ext 114</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Office Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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