Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:13:24 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Frederick W. Fallon" Subject: Re: Washington Post contacts? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Walter Ellison wrote: > > Hi All, > > The Atlas Board and I have been trying to increase awareness of the > Maryland/D.C. Breeding Bird Atlas Project. Marcia Balestri has had > some success getting the Project into local papers and there was some > discussion of the Atlas in the Baltimore Sun article about Chan > Robbins, but we have yet to figure out an approach to the Washington > Post. Does anyone in this forum have a contact at the Post or work > there, and might it be possible to talk up the Atlas or find a way to > get an article published about the Project? If anybody can help I'd > appreciate it very much. Please contact me off list if you might be > able to offer aid. Thanks everybody. > > Good Atlasing, > > Walter Ellison > MD/DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS > 23460 Clarissa Rd > Chestertown, MD 21620-3645 > 410-778-9568 > rossgull@crosslink.net > > "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast." - E. > B. White > > Speaking of contacting the papers, it may be time to revive my suggestion that we advertise in the papers for incidences of Chimney Swift nests. An appeal to the general public is the only way to get adequate coverage for this species, since almost the only way to confirm nesting is to have access to the chimney being nested in. The Atlas Committee could work out the details of how the appeal would be worded, contacts made, etc. Fred Fallon fwfallon@earthlink.net Bowie ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================