Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 05:57:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Fw: Alaska trip - correction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A note of interest from Kevin Dodge: > Dr. John Morgan (Towson University) and I are still looking for a few > interested people for our upcoming trip to Alaska, scheduled 28 June - 12 > July. This year we're traveling to Kotzebue and Nome in northwest Alaska > and Kodiak and Homer in southwest Alaska. Though our trip isn't focused > specifically on birding, there are plenty of opportunities to see some > pretty cool species while learning about the geography and natural history > of these less frequently visited parts of the state. Possible species > include Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Red-faced Cormorant, ptarmigan, Pacific > Golden-Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, jaegers, Glaucous Gull, Arctic and > Aleutian Terns, Tufted and Horned Puffins, Three-toed Woodpecker, Arctic > Warbler, Bluethroat, Yellow and White Wagtails, and many others, and, if we' > re lucky, Bristle-thighed Curlew. We'll also take a flightseeing trip from > Kodiak to Katmai National Park and Preserve to view brown bears. Our trip > emphasizes education and might be especially attractive for "one birder" > couples. If you're interested, please e-mail me at > kdodge@garrettcollege.edu as soon as possible and I'll e-mail you a brochure > with more information. > > Kevin Dodge > Garrett College ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================