Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:32:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Maurice Barnhill Subject: Re: Oland Rd. lappies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Could MOS buy it for a sanctuary? It could be leased to a farmer with restrictions on what he could grow to ensure that the plot remains good for birds, and taxes are no longer a problem. Les Eastman wrote: > 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 > ======================================================================= > -- Maurice Barnhill mvb@udel.edu [Use ReplyTo, not From] [bellatlantic.net is reserved for spam only] Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================