Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:23:58 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Whew, I'm glad to have a good excuse being TOO young to know what it was. Thank you all for sharing! -----Original Message----- From: Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED [mailto:TLMarko@US.MED.NAVY.MIL] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:06 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? Denise - "The Patagonia Picnic Table Effect" is a term that was coined regarding an incident in the 1960s when a birder saw a rare bird near Patagonia, Arizona, at a roadside rest stop that had a picnic table. He reported his find, and soon many other birders came to look. As the number of observers grew, so did the number of rare birds observed. Essentially, the more people watch, the more they'll see. Tom Marko Olney, MD Montgomery Bird Club Email: tlmarko@us.med.navy.mil -----Original Message----- From: Denise Ryan [mailto:Denise_Ryan@LCV.ORG] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:26 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? What is the Patagonia Picnic Table Effect? Please enlighten me. Denise Ryan Washington, DC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================