Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:49:43 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Michaud Subject: Birding at the National Gallery Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Anyone tried this at the National Gallery??? -- Scott Michaud ------------------------------------------------- In Winter, There's an Art to Birding NY TIMES, January 31, 2003 By MARGARET MITTELBACH and MICHAEL CREWDSON http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/arts/design/31BIRD.html For birdwatchers in New York City, winter is a slow time. Sure, if you're willing to endure the cold, you can see tufted titmice and black-capped chickadees clinging to bare branches in the parks or a few ducks bobbing along the shoreline. But what about those dark, dreary days when the birds themselves go into hiding? Mark Dion, an artist and avid birder, has found a way to beat the winter doldrums. He bird-watches at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================