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Cedar Waxwing \u00a9 Stephen Kent<\/p><\/div>\n
With an impressive 237 species, the winner of the Brewster Cup (most species recorded statewide) is: Team Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/p>\n This year’s Forbush Award winner (2nd place in species recorded statewide) is back in the winner’s circle with 231 species: Team Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/p>\n And, we are thrilled to welcome our 2018 County Cup winner to the winners’ circle (highest percentage of county par value): Team Arcadia and the Connecticut River Valley Sanctuaries<\/strong> (Hampshire County, 152\/140, 109%)<\/p>\n Stay tuned for a master list of species recorded during Bird-a-thon 2018.\u00a0Want to contribute to the Bird-a-thon 2018 photo album? Email us<\/a> your photos. View the Album\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n The birding may be over, but you still have time to help your favorite team raise important funds. Fundraising totals, awards, and prizes<\/a> for teams and individuals are announced in mid-June.\u00a0Donate\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n Media Sponsor:<\/strong>\u00a090.9 WBUR The rain may have dampened their scopes, but definitely not their spirits. Congratulations to these winning teams! With an impressive 237 species, the winner of the Brewster Cup (most species recorded statewide) is: Team Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary This year’s Forbush Award winner (2nd place in species recorded statewide) is back in the winner’s circle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[117,120],"class_list":["post-11079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-get-involved","tag-bird-a-thon","tag-birdathon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/3611Stephen_Kent13746-600.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2SH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9387,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/bird-a-thon-2017-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":11079,"position":0},"title":"Bird-a-thon 2017 in Review","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Bird-a-thon, Mass Audubon's annual birding competition and fundraiser, took place on May 12-13. 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