Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:38:58 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Frantz Subject: Fort McHenry Birding Ethics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From Jim Peters: This AM two MOS birders walked into Fort McHenry's marsh in order to flush the Great White Heron. They were successful & did get a look at the bird. The bird flew across the river to Masonville Cove & had not returned by 11:15. Even though there are NO TRESPASSING signs posted, there will be very soon. Neither the park service nor the aquarium allow anyone to tramp about the marsh & will remove anyone they see there. The ABA also states in its code of ethics that birds should not be flushed. Jim will be at the Fort on Monday. Gail Frantz Reisterstown, MD guineabird@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================