Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:53:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Armas Hill Subject: 6 places remain on pelagic from Lewes Aug 30 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dear MD Birders: Just a note to advise that as of now, only 6 places are available on the upcoming FONT all-day pelagic birding trip set to go from LEWES, DELAWARE, on Saturday, August 30. The trip will be on the "Skipjack" (a boat used for pelagics for years), to Delaware and Maryland offshore waters. Departure will be at 4am, to be offshore at the prime-time in the morning, and return will be by 4pm. In recent years, birds that have been seen during our late-August/early-September pelagic trips from Lewes have included: Cory's Shearwater, Greater Shearwater, Audubon's Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, South Polar Skua, Black Tern, and Bridled Tern. (Including our latest trip from Lewes (May 31), South Polar Skuas have been seen on 4 consecutive trips.) The price for the Aug 30 trip from Lewes is $110 per person. Advance reservations required. Please contact FONT (Focus On Nature Tours) by e-mail at: font@focusonnature.com or by fax at 302-529-1085, or by phone either at: 1-800-721-9986 or 302-529-1876. (Please note, we normally respond to messages within 24-hours. If you don't get such a response to your e-mail, that would mean it was not received.) Further information about this & other FONT pelagic trips, and an assortment of birding tours, is in the web-site: www.focusonnature.com Best regards, good birding, Armas Hill Focus On Nature Tours, Inc. Wilmington, DE USA e-mail: armas@focusonnature.com website: www.focusonnature.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================