Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 00:04:40 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Re: Montgomery County BIG SIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Original Message----- From: Kurt. R. Schwarz To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Montgomery County BIG SIT I can't top Rick's offer of tube steaks, but there WILL be doughnuts and coffee available for the early birds at Howard County's Big Sit! Centennial Park, south shore, west end. More or less between the two islands. I really need to sit after Bonnie's Death March today. Kurt Schwarz Howard County Big Sitzenfleisher goawaybird@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Sussman" To: Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Montgomery County BIG SIT > Hi All, > Just a quick note to any and all who would like to participate in a BIG SIT. > I have registered a team from Montgomery County, and we will be sitting at > Black Hill Regional Park, at the boat ramp area, where the White Ibis was > located this summer. If anyone would like more specific directions, call me > at home tonight at 301-774-1185, or on the cell at 301-502-0018. I will have > the cell phone turned on and with me tomorrow also. > I plan on arriving at 6 AM. I have a supply (only 40, 1st come, 1st served) > of hot dogs and buns, relish and mustard, for those inclined (get it, that's > a pun!) to eat. I will bring my grill-to-go, and a small cooler. Bring your > own beverages (though I think alcohol is prohibited), battery operated radio > or T.V. to keep up with the news or skins game, if you choose. Bring a chair. > Bring a scope (definitely, to view the far off edges of the lake). Bring a > friend, since the birding will be "easy", with good scope views of lots of > common birds. Bring a camera. Bring a book. > > I plan on staying at least through 1 P.M., possibly later. I will bring the > rules and a tally sheet and will compile the entire thing at the end, to send > to the national compiler (yes, this really is an organized event). > > I went out there today to scout out the area, and though the water level is > a bit low, it still seems a good area, lots of habitat, food, cover and > water. I had about 30 species while I was there this morning, including 2 > Solitary Sandpipers, and a flyover Tree Swallow. Hope to see you there! > > > Rick Sussman > Ashton,MD > warblerick@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 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================