Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:21:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Eastman Subject: Re: Oland Rd. lappies In-Reply-To: <796AE5A4C0638049B323BA4D8D9EF1722448C2@mail.lcv.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, let's all throw in our pennies and we should have that 2 million dollars (conservative estimate ?) in no time. Unfortunately, those are the economics these days. No one can afford to buy these tracks except developers. Another farmer can't afford to buy it because he would never recoup his investment. Even if a farmer never sells his land, when he dies, his heirs are assessed taxes for that 2 million dollar value, almost guaranteeing that it will be sold to developers at that time. Les =========== Les Eastman mailto:les@birdtreks.com Havre de Grace, MD The eagle looked down on the river below And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone And the big salmon fought but the talons held true And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue Steve Earle Denise Ryan wrote: > Unless some bird-loving person tried to buy the property and not build > on it. It is a long shot, but I thought I'd throw that suggestion out > there. > > Denise Ryan > Washington, DC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] > On Behalf Of Rick Sussman > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:56 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Oland Rd. lappies > > > Hi all, > Some business took me to Frederick yesterday morning, and on my way > home I decided to stop on Oland Rd. to see if the Lapland Longspurs > were still around. There is a huge flock of Horned Larks still feeding > in a manured field along the road (the site of the famous Snowy Owl in > 2000). There were numerous lappies in the flock, giving me adequate > looks through the scope. Many of the larks actually came onto the road > to feed (?) briefly before flying back into the fields. There wasn't a > lot of traffic, but the road edge is still mostly snow and ice so > parking was tricky. Also present was a flyby Harrier and a small flock > of Tundra Swans in the same field. No Peregrine. No Pipit, no Snow > Buntings (while I was there) that I saw. > > A word of note; while I was there a crew of construction workers were > erecting a large sign at the intersection of Rt 85 and Oland Rd. (I > think) informing that the site is for sale by a realtor, some hundrend > and eighty acres or so. Another sign was at the other end of Oland Rd. > at the intersection with New Design Rd. So get up and see these birds, > as the site may be houses by next winter... > > This is also one of the best fields for Upland Sandpipers... > > > Rick Sussman > Ashton,MD > warblerick@aol.com > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================