Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:26:05 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Mark S. Garland" Subject: Re: looking for quotes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Norm Saunders wrote: =20 Adam Smith's note about "seagulls" reminds me of a trip about ten years back to Bombay Hook NWR. My usual procedure was to stop at the visitor office to check the sightings clipboard. That day, as I scanned down the list, I was tickled to see a scrawl in a very childish hand. In the bird seen column it read "seagull." In the observer column was printed "Pete Dunne." =20 Norm =20 =20 The above has been repeated many times at many mid-Atlantic locations (especially Brigantine). It=92s somebody=92s little game to tweak Pete = =96 a couple times a year we find something in the sightings log right here at CMBO similar to the above! I don=92t think anyone has figured out who does this =96 it may be several people. It always makes me laugh. =20 Another favorite of mine related to this thread: for years the official checklist for Everglades National Park listed =93Sharp-skinned Hawk.=94 =20 Thanks for getting this thread started, Norm =96 it=92s bringing lots of welcome chuckles!=20 =20 =20 Mark S. Garland Senior Naturalist New Jersey Audubon Society Cape May Bird Observatory Northwood Center 701 E. Lake Dr. PO Box 3 Cape May Point, NJ 08212 (609) 884-2736 mark@njaudubon.org www.njaudubon.org =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 =========================================================================