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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Dear Friends,</span></strong><b><br>
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</b><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">So much is closed at this time on the Cape but thankfully, nature is always open and amazing events are happening, especially in the evenings!
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Otter and Owl Outing</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue"><br>
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<img width="300" height="214" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CDF3EA.235740B0" alt="Great Honed Owl by Mark Wilson"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Friday, February 1st from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join us for a presentation at the Mashpee Public Library and then head to Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary to search for these secretive creatures of wetland
and woodland! Male and female Great Horned Owls are hooting to each other during their mid-winter mating season and seeking abandoned nests to take over. Otters are feeding and frolicking at Grassy Pond, leaving evidence of slides and scaly leftovers. Who
knows what other winter wonders we may discover?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meet at Mashpee Public Library</span></em><i><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">64 Steeple St.</span></em></i>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">508-539-1435</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Then Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary</span></em><i><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Corner of Ashumet and Currier Roads, East Falmouth</span></em></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray">Dark Shadows: Discovering Wildlife of the Night</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray"><br>
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<img width="300" height="168" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CDF3EA.235740B0" alt="CoyoteSniffBonesFeb2012gBest.JPG"></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray">Saturday, February 2, 4:30 pm – 6 pm</span></strong><b><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Looking for nightlife on Cape Cod? The darkness is a stage for mink, weasels, fishers, coyotes and many other players. Their habits are amazing, and their vocalizations sometimes shocking. Discover the
night with a presentation and walk and meet a creature that prefers dark to the spotlight – a possum rehabilitated at the Cape Wildlife Center.</span></strong><br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meet at Long Pasture Visitor Center – 345 Bone Hill Road, Cummaquid</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">$6 Members, $8 Non-members</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 508-362-7475 for information and to register</span></em></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Tree Identification in Winter</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:blue">
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<img width="263" height="205" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image009.jpg@01CDF3EA.235740B0" alt="Winter Walkers"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Saturday, February 9th, 10 am – 11:30 am</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Unravel the mystery of recognizing trees without the clue of leaves. Winter is an ideal time to study bark, branching and bud patterns which help identify dormant
trees. How are northern trees adapted to life in the cold? What are the advantages of deciduous vs. coniferous adaptations? Join Naturalists Ian Ives and Molly Cornell for a walk through Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary. You’ll see trees in a whole new way!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Co-sponsored by The 300 Committee</span></em><i><br>
</i>Meet at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Corner of Ashumet and Currier Roads, East Falmouth</span></em><br>
For more information call <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">508-362-7475
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Jodie Limon Montoya</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Education Coordinator</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ashumet, Long Pasture, and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">345 Bone Hill Rd.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P.O. Box 235</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cummaquid, MA 02637</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tel: 508-362-7475</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">E-mail
</span></i><a href="mailto:jmontoya@massaudubon.org"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">jmontoya@massaudubon.org</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">---------------------------------------------------------</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join Mass Audubon today online at
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.massaudubon.org</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and
help Protect the Nature of</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the north side of Rt 6a in Barnstable. Trails are open daily
dawn to dusk. Sanctuary admission is free for members; $4 adults, $3 children for non-members. Call (508) 362-7475 for information.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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