Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 06:46:34 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Betsie Baer Subject: Re: World Series of Birding MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am the mother of one of the young CMS birders and was so tickled to see your entry. My birding experience is limited to telling the difference between a Blue Jay and a Cardinal. I am so proud of my son and his team. I was not at the event but was told that he also gave a speech. Thank you so much for making my morning. Betsie Baer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Saunders" To: Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:33 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] World Series of Birding > The weather couldn't have been much finer in Cape May on Saturday. Bird > species counts were down a bit, but all told it was another wonderfully > successful year for the premier competitive birding event! > > Michael O'Brien's team once again took high count in Cape May County > with a tally of 172 species. Following close on Michael's heels, tied > for second place, were the MD Yellowthroats and the Zen Zugunrueh team > (which includes honorary Marylander George Armistead), both with 168 > species. Not far behind was the ANS team (Mark Garland, Paul Pisano, > John Bjerke, Leo Weigant, and Tom Feild) with a total of 165 species. > > The really outstanding news was in the Youth Division, Kindergarten to > 9th grade section--top honors were taken by TWO teams of birders fielded > by Centerville Middle School, Queen Anne's County. Their two teams > (comprising some 16 earnest young birders) saw 126 and 124 species > respectively and swept the competition. Looks like Maryland has a flock > of young birders coming along hot on our heels! > > Congrats to all who competed in the 1th World Series of Birding!!! > > 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 > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================