Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:36:49 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Kenn Kaufman lecture 5/22 Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi -- There will be a lecture and book-signing by Kenn Kaufman at the National Zo= o May 22: Thursday, 22 May 7 p.m. Booksigning 8 p.m. Lecture =20 Enter at Connecticut Ave. Park in Lot A =20 Free, but RSVP by calling (202) 673-4801 or emailing rsvp@nzp.si.edu =20 Kenn Kaufman, naturalist, ornithologist, and author of The Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America, presents A Birder Looks at Butterflies. Kaufman gives a birder's perspective on these jewel-like insects that brighten gardens through the summer. Birdwatchers are siting more than birds in their binoculars--they=92re zooming in on butterflies as well. But butterflies are more than "the new six-legged birds" They're radically different in terms of their field identification, taxonomy, behavior, migration, and a host of other characteristics. In fact, butterflies open an entirely new window on wildlife. Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring, MD =20 =20 =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 =========================================================================