Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:45:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Observation Platforms [was: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ridgely sewage ponds] In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed A year or two ago, we kick around (on MD Osprey) the general idea of the MOS (or local chapters) helping to build or pay for observation platforms for strategic MD birdwatching locations ... for example where vegetation or traffic (and now chain link fences) posed problems for birdwatchers. I remember some suggestions were the North Beach marsh in northern Calvert County and West Ocean City pond. I think there were others. Don't know if the idea went any further than discussion ... Phil (unwilling to adopt another project) Davis At 04:28 PM 01/25/2002 -0500, Danny Poet wrote: >Hi All At the Caroline Co bird Club Christmas Bird Count Tally it was >mentioned That A Birding group From the Western Shore talked To The Ridgely >Town Government about putting up an elevated platfrom outside the fence at >the sewage treatment plant . The caroline co Bird club likes the idea And >would be willing to help with the project. But do not know Who Proposed the >idea. Does Anyone out there know anything or the folks that brought the idea >to the town of Ridgely? This Would be an advantage to birding the sewage >ponds when the gate is not open. ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================