Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:42:01 -0400 Reply-To: bott@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Re: a future strategy ( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob Mumford wrote: >> 1. A person would volunteer (or be assigned from a pool of volunteers) to be > the point person for a newly discovered rare bird. He/she would be the sole > point of contact and the bridge between home/land owner and the birding > groups. We have worked out a system in Howard to handle rare birds. We have an e-mail Rare Bird Alert (with a few still getting phone calls). If the bird is in an accessable place then directions and info are sent out to all. If the bird is on private property we have to decide on a "case by case" basis how to handle it. If the person that takes responsibility for the bird (usually the original finder) wishes to co-ordinate a group to see it we usually meet at a central spot and carpool to the location. No directions are given out and folks know it is a one-shot deal to see the bird. This reduces the "trickles" of people that may become a burden to the property owner and also may cause stress to the bird. This has worked quite well and we have yet to have any real problems. It IS entirely dependent however on the efforts of those in our club that take the time and effort to co-ordinate and take people out - plus find the birds themselves! (To be on the Howard County RBA - you only need to join the Howard Chapter!) Bonnie Ott ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================== ==========================================================================