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<p class="MsoNormal">This should have a lot of tips for improving your yard and/or other green spaces for butterflies.&nbsp; Jim Sirch will be giving a talk on pollinators this evening for Menunkatuck Audubon at 7:00pm, at the Canoe Brook Senior Center (not Blackstone
 Library) 11 Cherry Hill Road in Branford, CT. <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:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Patrick M. Comins, Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon Connecticut<br>
Phone: (203)405-9115&nbsp; <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=Wv3Nae0YEgl2wlIkY1aar1Wdu_uqxc9bnv2l6fvWP9w&s=vw5ZRh3llcmQ2BH2-Y11yPex1zAscnFdM-AkTZuwe5w&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=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=Wv3Nae0YEgl2wlIkY1aar1Wdu_uqxc9bnv2l6fvWP9w&s=9XHifllCsmNWuoCwTHgDNJ3IbmU56B0DUYFuW-0pLFI&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=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=Wv3Nae0YEgl2wlIkY1aar1Wdu_uqxc9bnv2l6fvWP9w&s=-woQB8y9vWWp5u0emiKYyrsiz3mvTm_cWJ_hQeDeIPQ&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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Find the best plants in your area on Audubon&#8217;s new Plants for Birds Database<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_plantsforbirds&d=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=Wv3Nae0YEgl2wlIkY1aar1Wdu_uqxc9bnv2l6fvWP9w&s=OHrsp--rovq5ySBOeVRhz0bPgZsPwVv__Ev-K81_PTQ&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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#1F497D">&#8230;and check out this cool video about the campaign<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ct.audubon.org_plantsforbirds&d=DwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=Wv3Nae0YEgl2wlIkY1aar1Wdu_uqxc9bnv2l6fvWP9w&s=OHrsp--rovq5ySBOeVRhz0bPgZsPwVv__Ev-K81_PTQ&e="><span style="color:blue">here!</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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