Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:37:28 -0500
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From:         "Lovelace, Glen" <glovelace@MAIL.DOT.STATE.DE.US>
Subject:      Re: raven proposed as state bird
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At least Maryland has one state bird that can be seen in the wild.  Delaware
is stuck with the Blue Hen that can only be seen at University of Delaware
sporting events.

Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel F. McDonald [SMTP:dangeo@EROLS.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:42 PM
> To:   MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject:      Re: [MDOSPREY] raven proposed as state bird
>
> I find it extremely offensive.  And from what I've been told, football
> fans are
> still cawing rather than croaking.  But, for that matter, most of these
> people
> have never seen or heard either a real raven or a real oriole.
>
> Georgia McDonald
> Towson, Balt Co, MD
> dangeo@erols.com
>
> "Wilkerson, Jordan T." wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
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