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<p class="MsoNormal">I just had a female (of course) black Tiger Swallowtail fly by my window at Stratford. I was surprised at how immediately identifiable it was in flight. I quickly grabbed my camera and ran around to the butterfly bushes we recently put
in and sure enough she was nectaring there. I was able to get some documentation shots, and maybe a couple of “good” shots as well. I will be posting some on the Stratford Point Facebook page later this evening. (You can message me privately if you aren’t
on Facebook and really want to see the shots…if you are on Facebook you should like our page!) This was a huge tick on my bucket list to see one!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Patrick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Patrick M. Comins, Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon Connecticut<br>
Phone: (203)405-9115 <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=tN0F5nLKU4q_5FbMP6G1w7SJH23PnPse-qZMfJwUkbs&s=RfW9J13DKH_09zh0a5xsJ3ctxWcXITKl1L0sLtXSCao&e="><span style="color:blue">http://ct.audubon.org/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Stratford Point is on Facebook:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_StratfordPoint_&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=tN0F5nLKU4q_5FbMP6G1w7SJH23PnPse-qZMfJwUkbs&s=Kq3jef5EZsXMnNJLPIMYRHhhjXQ9bJkpSjcKjAyopxw&e="><span style="color:blue">https://www.facebook.com/StratfordPoint/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_AudubonAlliance_&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=tN0F5nLKU4q_5FbMP6G1w7SJH23PnPse-qZMfJwUkbs&s=VeN2TwVdM-AFBFA2qhEuolWZEXMNzv3cJVFCdIznVtM&e="><span style="color:blue">https://www.facebook.com/AudubonAlliance/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#00B050">Plants for Birds!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Join Audubon supporters as we plant 1 million native plants for birds across the country!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Find the best plants in your area on Audubon’s new Plants for Birds Database<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_plantsforbirds&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=tN0F5nLKU4q_5FbMP6G1w7SJH23PnPse-qZMfJwUkbs&s=wYpaTH0p6b0q2rboej43g8KikTn9hJCWaGVAJCPy35w&e="><span style="color:#0070C0">here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">…and check out this cool video about the campaign<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_plantsforbirds&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=tN0F5nLKU4q_5FbMP6G1w7SJH23PnPse-qZMfJwUkbs&s=wYpaTH0p6b0q2rboej43g8KikTn9hJCWaGVAJCPy35w&e="><span style="color:blue">here!</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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