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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">invites you to continue the conversation about the
<b><span style="color:red">State of the Birds</span></b> in Massachusetts this June<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">State of the Birds: Recovering the American Oystercatcher<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Wednesday, June 5, 1 – 3:30 p.m.</span></i></strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ten years ago, the American Oystercatchers in the United States was facing pervasive threats from habitat loss, introduced predators and climate change; the species
was on the way to becoming endangered. In response to this challenge, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences brought together partners in coastal conservation from Texas to Maine in an ambitious effort to reverse this shorebird's. Project coordinator Shiloh
Shulte will share the remarkable results, and take us on a walk to view oystercatchers on Chatham's Tern Island from the mainland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$8 M/ $10 NM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">State of the Birds: Conservation of Herons and Egrets<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Wednesday, June 19, 1 – 3 p.m.</span></i></strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Many of our coastal heron and egret species such as the Snowy Egret and Black-crowned Night-Heron are Red-listed in Mass Audubon's State of the Birds Report, and in
need of protection, while other species such as the Great Egret and Great Blue Heron are increasing. Dr. Katharine Parsons, Director of Mass Audubon's Coastal Waterbird Program, will present information on the conservation status of herons and egrets in Massachusetts
and lead us on a walk to the Goose Pond for a chance to see foraging wading birds. Dr. Parsons will explore factors that have led to the precarious or robust status of the state's long-legged wading birds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$8 M/ $10 NM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You may register by calling us at 508.349.2615, or by signing up online at
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our May/ June program brochure can be viewed here:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_272.pdf">http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_272.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You can find the full State of the Birds report online here:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/StateoftheBirds/">http://www.massaudubon.org/StateoftheBirds/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We 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<o:p></o:p></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"">afleischer@massaudubon.org<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"">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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