Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2001 16:17:55 -0500
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From:         Benjamin Poscover <bposcove@BCPL.NET>
Subject:      Re: raven proposed as state bird
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    Something like the Atlantic Puffin being the symbol of the National
Aquarium in Baltimore.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilkerson, Jordan T." <Jordan.Wilkerson@JHUAPL.EDU>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] raven proposed as state bird


> 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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