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Feathering the nests

Long-planned work will restore tern breeding grounds

Marion harbormaster Michael Cormier on a sea wall that is to be replaced by a sloping wall on Bird Island. Marion harbormaster Michael Cormier on a sea wall that is to be replaced by a sloping wall on Bird Island. (Paul E. Kandarian for The Boston Globe)
By Paul E. Kandarian
Globe Correspondent / October 30, 2008

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MARION - The Bird Island tern restoration program seems finally to be on the horizon, even as the tiny circle of land, home to two types of protected sea birds, is slowly eroding. (Full article: 772 words)

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