Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:03:39 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "rick@blazie.net" Subject: Free To Good Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I receive, as part of my work for BirdWatcher's Digest, the = newsletters from about 1,000 bird clubs from across the US. In the past = I have sent them, when I am done, to Jim Stasz. He no longer wants them. = Before I consign them to the recycling bin I am offering them to anyone = who wants them. If you take them on you will get a medium-sized box every six to = eight weeks. I have a box ready at the moment. The box will be shipped = UPS at our expense, so these newsletters are truly free. I use the newsletters to find items for the Quick Takes column in = BWD and for the BWD Newswire. Jim used them to establish contacts for = the North American Migration Count. They can be a good source of ideas = about the activities, programs, and fundraising that birds clubs are = doing as well as look at what bird watchers are doing and seeing and = talking about. Along with the club newsletters there are about 200 magazines and = newsletters from such organizations as American Bird Conservancy, Ducks = Unlimited, and various state wildlife agencies.=20 I find them fascinating but I have my own quirks (ask anyone) and = over time it turns into a lot of paper (ask Jim). I will ship them to = anyone who asks but this is not quite a first come first served offer. = I'll give it 24 hours and priority to anyone associated with the MOS, = either at the state or chapter level. After that they go to anyone nuts = enough to take them on. =20 Eirik A.T. Blom 4318 Cowan Place Belcamp, Md 21017 410-575-6086 rick@blazie.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================