Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:53:26 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Re: Sora Lecture In-Reply-To: <000f01c0a711$917aca40$22e5fea9@oemcomputer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, My friend from the Horsehead Wetlands Center want me to send this out to anyone who is interesting to go to this lecture. > SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1:00 PM > > WTNA LECTURE SERIES: > > SKINNY AS A RAIL: THE LIFE HISTORY OF SORA RAILS, > WITH GREG KEARNS > > Learn how these secretive birds get their name. Join > biologist Greg Kearns of Patuxent River Parks as we > learn what life is like for a Rail. This is sure to > be an enlightening session about an unusual bird. > > Greg Kearns, is a park naturalist at the Patuxent > River Park for the Maryland National Parks Planning > Commission. He is a native of Prince George=92s County > and a graduate of St. Mary=92s College. > > Mr. Kearns is an educator as well as researcher > conducting numerous ornithological projects > involving Osprey, Barn Owls, Wood Ducks, and, > particularly, Sora and other Rails. Mr. Kearns is > credited with pioneering research with Sora Rails > including: trapping, banding, and radio telemetry of > their nocturnal migration. > > Mr. Kearns=92 work has produced significant insight > into the habits of these secretive and mysterious > birds. > > (This lecture is free but registration is > suggested.) > > Wildfowl Trust of North America > at Horsehead Wetlands Center > P O Box 519, 600 Discovery Lane > Grasonville, MD 21638 > 410-827-6694 www.wildfowltrust.org Kevin graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================