Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:06:14 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Abbie Banks Subject: CONNIE TOOPS Tuesday National Wildlife Center MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am posting this on behalf of Mike Callahan, President, Prince George's= 20 Audubon Society. The following is an announcement from the Prince George's Audubon Society about our Tuesday evening meeting/presentation. Prince George's Audubon Society is hosting speaker Connie Toops at the= 20 September Meeting. =20 September 12, 2000, 7:00 PM at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD. =E2=80=9CThe Joy of Bluebirds=E2=80=9D, Connie Toops, renowne d Author and Ph otographer will=20 speak and answer questions all about Bluebirds. Connie is the author of a=20 number of books including the award winning book BLUEBIRDS FOREVER. If y ou=20 read birding magazines you may recognize the name of this talented nature =20 writer from her columns and articles about birds and birding. She has wo rke d=20 as a Park Ranger at various National Parks throughout the United States. =20 Come and learn all you ever wanted to know about Bluebirds, especially si nce =20 the Eastern Bluebird is Prince George's Audubon Society (PGAS) mascot and th e=20 County bird. This meeting is the kick off our new program season and will be =20 held in a special location. The National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patu xen t=20 Research Refuge will host us. This program is a joint event of PGAS and t he=20 US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Refuge Visitor Center is located on Pow der =20 Mill Road between the Baltimore Washington Parkway and MD 197 in Laurel. Thi s=20 event is free to the public.=20 Please join us and bring your friends.=20 =E2=80=9CThe Joy of Bluebirds=E2=80=9D is brought to you by t he sponsorship=20 of Images In the=20 Welcome House, the Wild Bird Center of Bowie, and by Prince George's Coun ty=20 Councilwoman Audrey Scott. ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== ==========================================================================