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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D3C0FD.C5BEA1A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Join us this Thursday evening, March 22, 2018 at 7:30 PM for an update = on the results thus far of the Ipswich Sparrow Project that was started = last summer. Project lead and researcher, Sydney Bliss will provide us = with the latest and what we can do to help! Place: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, = Halifax, NS in the Lower Auditorium=20 Ipswich Sparrows breed almost exclusively on Sable Island, NS. In the = fall, they migrate to the NS mainland, then to their wintering grounds = in the eastern USA. They winter anywhere from Massachusetts to Georgia, = but are found in the highest densities in New Jersey and Virginia. In = the spring, they return to Sable Island.=20 To better understand these birds, researchers at Acadia and Dalhousie = Universities have begun a long-term demographic study. 263 sparrows have = been banded on Sable Island with unique combinations of coloured bands, = which allow individual birds to be identified. From the proportion of = birds that are seen again (or =93re-sighted=94), we can estimate how = many survive at each stage of their migration. The results of this study = will help us better understand the structure of the Ipswich Sparrow = population.=20 Our meetings are open to the public at no charge and refreshments are = available during and after the talk. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D3C0FD.C5BEA1A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV><FONT face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT color=3D#1d2129>Join us this Thursday = evening,=20 March 22, 2018 at 7:30 PM for an update on the results thus far of the = Ipswich=20 Sparrow Project that was started last summer. Project lead and = researcher,=20 Sydney Bliss will provide us with the latest and what we can do to=20 help!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#1d2129 face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#1d2129 face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial">Place:=20 <STRONG>Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, = Halifax, NS=20 in the Lower Auditorium</STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#1d2129 face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 color=3D#1d2129 face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DHelvetica><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT color=3D#1d2129>Ipswich Sparrows breed = almost=20 exclusively on Sable Island, NS. In the fall, they migrate to the NS = mainland,=20 then to their wintering grounds in the eastern USA. They winter anywhere = from=20 Massachusetts to Georgia, but are found in the highest densities in New = Jersey=20 and Virginia. In the spring, they return to Sable=20 Island.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><BR=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; = WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(29,33,41); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; = WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><BR=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; = WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(29,33,41); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; = WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><FONT=20 color=3D#1d2129><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial">To=20 better understand these birds, researchers at Acadia and Dalhousie = Universities=20 have begun a long-term demographic study. 263 sparrows have been banded = on Sable=20 Island with unique combinations of coloured bands, which allow = individual birds=20 to be identified. From the proportion of birds that are seen again (or=20 =93re-sighted=94), we can estimate how many survive at each stage of = their=20 migration. The results of this study will help us better understand the=20 structure of the Ipswich Sparrow = population.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><BR=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; = WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(29,33,41); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; = WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><BR=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; = WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(29,33,41); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; = WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"></FONT></FONT><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; = DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; = text-decoration-color: initial"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt" color=3D#1d2129>Our meetings are open to the = public at=20 no charge and refreshments are available during and after the=20 talk.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D3C0FD.C5BEA1A0--
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