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<p class="MsoNormal">There are a lot of Swarthy Skippers about at Stratford Point right now. I didn’t even attempt to count, but I’ve had them along the driveway, on the new trail behind the pines, in the Two Roads nectar garden near the garage, the Sacred
Heart Pollinator Meadow (inside the deer exclosure along the driveway), on the plantings around the office and in their usual spot along the path to the north shore. Seems like they are having a great year or are responding to our efforts to improve butterfly/pollinator
habitat here at the Point. I’ve even had multiples in view at the same time. <o: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=pwNT2LuMZIDTWgHyHpTXYmSQNnGrsCmV6jr0htSRVHk&s=rvuSXM-iF6Ud1ez-c6foksuSVMozgcRgkwq-eMPJ2r8&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=pwNT2LuMZIDTWgHyHpTXYmSQNnGrsCmV6jr0htSRVHk&s=DFs-TJClsBBTg70ApBvmckw8Tka42ml2-rn54V-R6eY&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=pwNT2LuMZIDTWgHyHpTXYmSQNnGrsCmV6jr0htSRVHk&s=Oe-Zpz8Gc4MNUHKTcUNntrgCSPfjBtB00kfEyatfumw&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=pwNT2LuMZIDTWgHyHpTXYmSQNnGrsCmV6jr0htSRVHk&s=OKb3MzKF8qbfjW1s9D72pJAqaywk2U5eyf1dX8XvL6E&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=pwNT2LuMZIDTWgHyHpTXYmSQNnGrsCmV6jr0htSRVHk&s=OKb3MzKF8qbfjW1s9D72pJAqaywk2U5eyf1dX8XvL6E&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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