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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The next gathering of the Minnesota "global birding" group will feature a presentation on Madagascar, whose long isolation has led to a spectacular "adaptive radiation" of its birds and all its life forms. Half of its bird species, as well as six bird families, are endemic (restricted) to the island. In addition to the birds of all of Madagascar's ecological regions, the presentation will touch on the lemurs and other wildlife, and the evolution of its unique fauna.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Monday, January 8, 6:00-8:00<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Uptown Plumbing’s Community Gathering Space <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>3554 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis (corner of 36th Street)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anybody interested is welcome. For more information, please click on the link below, or type <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>“tinyurl.com/GlobalBirding6” into your browser. If you want to join us, there you can also </span>get a free 'ticket' for the event, so we can monitor the number of attendees.<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-birding-january-2018-birds-and-nature-of-madagascar-tickets-41130830421">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-birding-january-2018-birds-and-nature-of-madagascar-tickets-41130830421</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>(These posts are not about birds in Minnesota, but they are for Minnesota birders; approved by administrator Paul Schumacher.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'>Stephen Greenfield<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Minneapolis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tapaculo47@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>tapaculo47@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>