Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:38:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Some good news to cheer us up In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks - I needed that! fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Transportation Show Sept. 21-22 2002 - www.maam.org ** *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.com ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Marian Dodson > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 12:14 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Some good news to cheer us up > > > > With all the horrors we are experiencing with the West Nile Virus > situation, > I thought I would share this information, and hopefully the smile > it put on > my face. > > > from The Maryland Coast Dispatch - Aug.23, 2002 > > ,,,,,"this year in Maryland, the Assateague Island breeding > population {of > > piping plovers} was an estimated 59-63 pairs which fledged 111 chicks. > > When monitoring began in 1986, the breeding population in > Maryland was 17 > > pairs." > > > > Marian Dodson > Glen Burnie, MD > MJD405@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 > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================