Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:44:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Two owls are now Atlas "safe" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I wish to remind everybody who might have a hooting Great Horned or = Barred owl in their neighborhood that the former hooter has been safely = countable as a possible (X) since 15 December, and that as of today the = latter owl is also "safe" to count as an atlas record. The owls can be = upgraded to probable (T) if you continue to hear them on territory for = over 5 days, or if you hear birds hooting in duets or competitively. To = obtain a complete as possible map for each of these night birds with = early nesting seasons we need your reports from specific locations (so = they can be mapped). Because computer atlas data entry is currently off = line for routine maintenance and debugging until early February I would = appreciate it very much if those of you fortunate enough to have owls = would take the time to place them on a map and report them to your = county coordinators as incidental observations. Thank you for your help. Good Owling, =20 Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================