Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:00:47 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lynn & Hal Subject: Re: World Series of Birding 2001 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Norm, I talked to Mark today about the reimbursable expenses. Sounds like he's willing to cut the mileage rate down to perhaps 15 cents/mile.... Have a great time in FL!!! p.s. Shiras already mailed the WSB entry fee to us! Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: Saunders_N To: Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] World Series of Birding 2001 > Dear 'spreyers > > Once again (for the 4th year in a row!!!), The Maryland Ornithological > Society (MOS) is sending a team to the World Series of Birding. > > Our team, competing in the single-county division, is made up of Captain Hal > Wierenga, Co-Captain Lynn Davidson, Mr. Worcester County Mark Hoffman, and > Marshall Iliff the Wonder Boy. In 1998 our team took third place in the > Cape May County tally (possibly the birdiest county in New Jersey). In 1999 > the Yellowthroats won the single-county division and last year, in 2000, > they tied for most species seen in Cape May County (180) with a team led by > another Maryland native son, Michael O'Brien. > > It has been great fun but it has also been a wonderful way to raise funds > for MOS outreach programs. We have been able to pay for three additional > scholarships to summer ecology/ornithology camps for Maryland Educators; we > have funded a Mist Net Replacement Program to help needy graduate students > continue their valuable research efforts; we have collected almost $10,000 > over the past three years in support of these and other education, research, > and sanctuary efforts. > > Please consider joining us this year in support of the MOS Maryland > Yellowthroats. You can help support the Yellowthroats by making an outright > donation or a pledge per species. We expect our team to see around 180 > species but depending on the weather and the luck of the day, the final > tally will likely range between 150 and 200 species. > > If you wish to make a donation, please send a check made out to "MOS" to me, > Norm Saunders, at 1261 Cavendish Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905. If you > wish to make a pledge (ten cents per species, twenty cents per species, or > whatever else you feel comfortable with) just send me an e-mail > (marshhawk@att.net) letting me know how much you want to pledge. > > I'll be in touch with all pledgers as soon after the World Series as > possible to let you know how the team made out. All donors and pledgers > will be recognized and thanked in the September issue of MD Yellowthroat. > By the way, the World Series this year is on Saturday, May 12. > > In advance, thank you for your continued support! > > Norm Saunders > MD Yellowthroats Team Financial Manager > > ===================================== > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================