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<b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#854800">Spring Osprey Exploration on the Westport River<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#854800">Saturday, June 3, 2017 9:00 am - 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Sponsored by Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary and Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">In this joint-sanctuary program, see the ospreys of the Westport River with naturalists Ian Ives and Gina Purtell of Long Pasture and Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuaries. Owing to the
Westport area’s abundance of marsh habitat and prey, it is home to New England’s largest concentration of breeding ospreys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">During this four-hour program, participants will enjoy a short presentation on ospreys at the Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary before launching kayaks at a site on the Westport River.
As you paddle through the East Branch of the river, there will be ample time for bird watching, lessons about osprey behavior and a shore-side lunch break.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">Discussions during the trip will address questions such as:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:inherit;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">What
do ospreys eat? How do they decide where to nest? How quickly do chicks develop?</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">Learn
the answers to these and many more as you float through an incredible marsh system and discover the connections between different species.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">Participants should bring binoculars and cameras to spot these fantastic birds and prepare for a fun adventure in one of New England’s most beautiful locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-top:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#854800">Instructions and Directions:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#333333">Program will meet at Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is located at 1280 Horseneck Road, Westport, MA 02790.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">MA Audubon Member $53, Non-member $58<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Pre-registration is required. For more information call 508-362-7475 or visit website:
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/long-pasture">
http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/long-pasture</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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