Date: 8/23/12 2:15 am
From: stan arnold <thrushhost...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Laughing Gull - Caroline County!


Interesting bit of history! Thanks for sharing.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale
<thrushhost...>


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Dan Haas <nervousbirds...> wrote:

> Mega!!! Jerry Fletcher found one bird at Choptank!!!
>
> Wait, you say... There are Laughing Gulls in Caroline County right now.
> It's barely worth mentioning here.
>
> But wait, consider that it is August 22nd, 1952. Confused? Sixty years
> ago, a Laughing Gull in Caroline County would qualify as a FIRST COUNTY
> RECORD!
>
> Folks, with help from Bob Ringler (he will kindly be offering up a notable
> sighting or two from the MD Birding database super mainframe computer),
> Matt Hafner (for his editorial comments an ideas) and Jared Fisher (for his
> technical savvy in helping with the link), here is a little story about a
> rather interesting historical gull sighting from the 1950's.
>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B08JX6BGOBbLazVwR0lHNXBBNE0/preview?pli=1
>
> The link above is for the first edition, Week 1 installment of "This Week
> In MD Birding."
>
> The idea was a little something I thought might generate discussion on the
> MD Birding Facebook Group site, while at the same time, it could impart
> bird-related wisdom to us all. Telling some stories of our state's rich
> birding history is something that I believe was past due.
>
> More editions will be coming soon. Should you have an idea, a story, a
> historic sighting, etc... I'm happy to hear about it and possibly work it
> into a future edition.
>
> With two kids, two jobs and a sincere
> passion for birds, I've little time for anything else. That said, if you
> think you are game to author a future edition, please contact me offline.
>
> I hope you all enjoy!
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Haas
> St. Margaret's, MD
>
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