Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:11:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Wilkerson, Jordan T." Subject: Re: raven proposed as state bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MDOsprey, Does this bother anyone else? The state bird, flower, seal, shell, fossil, etc., should be items that are either unique to the state of Maryland or are quite common within the state (i.e. every county). The raven is neither. This house bill basically alienates most Maryland residents since the Raven is never found in most Maryland counties. This goes (or at least should go) further than just politics and successful professional sports teams! Jordan Cloverly, MD -----Original Message----- From: Carol Jelich [mailto:jrj_csj@MINDSPRING.COM] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:45 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] raven proposed as state bird I just noticed that House Bill 1372 has been introduced in the Maryland state legislature to make the raven a state bird of Maryland along with the Baltimore oriole. Language from the bill showing proposed changes (IN CAPS) to the current law: 13 The Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) [is] AND THE RAVEN (CORVUS CORAX) 14 ARE the State [bird] BIRDS. 15 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16 October 1, 2001. See http://mlis.state.md.us/2001rs/billfile/hb1372.htm Carol Jelich Annapolis, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================