Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:10:06 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Beal Subject: Re: Birds of Texas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I<< Page 40 of the Nov. 26 "Newsweek" shows President Bush meeting with Putin at the ranch in Texas. Clearly visible on the coffee table next to them is a book, "Birds of Texas". Good, but I don't know what significance this really has. More than I think it does, I hope. >> The First Lady is a birdwatcher. I think she even enrolled the White House in Operation NestWatch, a program of the Smithsonian Enviro Ed Center to band backyard birds and enlist the homeowners to keep track of them from year to year. I believe W only watches birds through the crosshairs. Tom Beal Glenn Dale, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================