Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:41:49 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Birdwatching Platforms [was: Re: [MDOSPREY] North Beach, Calvert Co., Jug Bay Wetlands Park, AA County] In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000813154557.00935840@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 03:58 PM 08/13/2000 -0400, Arlene Ripley wrote: >13 August 2000 > >At the North Beach mudflats ... (snip) ... >The weekend traffic makes standing on the side of the road a bit >treacherous and since most of the shoulder is Poison Ivy, it is difficult >to find a safe place to stand for very long. There are a number of places where a not very elaborate viewing platform would yield great benefits to us birdwatchers ... this spot in Calvert County is one of them. Even a little 10x10 ft platform that extends from the road shoulder toward the marsh would be wonderful--even if it was not elevated. Does anyone else agree? Any ideas how we birders could pursue such a project? How about via the MOS? Can anyone estimate what something like this might cost? Where else would you like to see such a platform? Here are a few suggestions ... West Ocean City Pond (Worcester County) "Westinghouse" Pond (Anne Arundel County) Phil ==================================Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================== =========================================================================