Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:57:53 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Re: RFI Swainson's Warbler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tom Dougherty writes: > I would appreciate any information anyone has on finding or past sightings > for the Swainson's Warbler in Maryland Swainson's Warbler was, for many years, feared to have been extirpated in Maryland. Because of that the occasional report of one had the tendency to trigger a thundering herd of birders to the site, all armed with tape players, cameras (gack), and a rapacious need to see this bird for their state list. For that reason I would like to discourage the discussion of this species here on MDOsprey. And for the cynical few of you--no, neither Fran nor I have seen the species in Maryland nor do we feel the need to chase after it--if they still exist in the state they are hanging on by a toenail and don't need any birders disturbing them. Thanks for your understanding! Norm =========================== Norm Saunders Colesville, Montgomery County, MD marshhawk@att.net ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================