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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary presents</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The State of the Birds 2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Join Mass Audubon’s leading scientists for an update on the landmark 2011 State of the Birds report. Each illustrated lecture is paired with a special companion walk on the same day.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The Breeding Birds of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Joan Walsh<span style="color:black">, Mass Audubon’s director of bird monitoring</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">, will discuss
the results of the Breeding Bird Atlas 2 and the 2013 State of the Birds report, with a focus on Cape Cod species. Learn about the important role that Cape Cod plays in preserving biodiversity in the State and how we can help declining species.
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Saturday, September 28, 1–2
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pm</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$7 M/$9 NM <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Walk: The Birds of Wellfleet Bay</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">,</span></i><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">2:30–4:30
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Leader: Mark Faherty, WBWS Science Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$9 M/$11 NM <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Where Have All Our Grasslands Gone?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Wayne Petersen, Mass Audubon’s director of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">,
will examine the decline of our state’s grassland and shrubland birds. Learn more about how the data collected for the Breeding Bird Atlas 2 and the State of the Birds Report helps in conservation planning.
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Thursday, October 3, 10–11
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">am</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$7 M/$9 NM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Walk: Grasslands & Shrublands of the Outer Cape (at Marconi)</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">, 1–3
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Leader: Wayne Petersen<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$9 M/$11 NM <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Halting the Decline of Breeding Birds
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Kim Peters, Mass Audubon’s chief scientist</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">, will give an overview of the breeding bird
species that are in decline. Decades of research by ecologists and ornithologists have helped point the way to specific solutions in which we can all play a part. Find out what our organization is doing to address the so-called drivers of decline and how concerned
citizens can get involved. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Saturday, October 12, 1–2
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pm</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$9 M/$11 NM<span style="font-variant:small-caps"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Walk: Making Space for Birds (at Fort Hill)</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">2:30–4:30 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">
pm</span></span></i><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Leaders: Kim Peters & Mark Faherty<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">$9 M/$11 NM <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And don’t miss your chance to spend a day with Christopher Leahy at the MFA in Boston:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="NormalParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Day Trip to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston:
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<p class="NormalParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">The Science Behind the Art of John James Audubon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NormalParagraphStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Join
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Christopher Leahy, Mass Audubon’s Gerard A. Bertrand Chair of Natural History and Field Ornithology</span>, for an exclusive gallery talk in the new exhibition “Audubon’s Birds, Audubon’s Words,” which features
30 of the artist’s works paired with writings that illuminate his methods and inner thoughts. We will travel by van to the MFA and have an opportunity to thoroughly explore the exhibit after the talk. Please bring a brown bag lunch, or plan to purchase lunch
in the museum cafeteria. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="NormalParagraphStyle"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Tuesday, October 8, 9
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">am</span>– 6 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">
pm</span> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="NormalParagraphStyle"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">$73 M/$78 NM, $12 discount available for MFA members or guest pass holders<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You may register by calling us at 508.349.2615, or by signing up
<span style="color:black">online at <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay">
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our early fall program brochure can be found here:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_295.pdf">http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_295.pdf</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"">Fall/ Winter/ Spring 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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