Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:54:01 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: Great Blue Heron MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I second Norms thoughts. Leslie, I bought a pair of expensive compacts = last year for an overseas trip where I planned to take only one bag. = They call this kind of compact "jewelry" binoculars because they are so = small - yet amazingly powerful. I love them so much, that I now carry = them with me in my purse everywhere I go. There will never be a moment = this spring when I miss a cool bird about town due to lack of optics. =20 Denise Ryan Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On = Behalf Of Roger & Leslie Torres Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:06 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Great Blue Heron I was just driving along 270 in Frederick today when a Great Blue Heron = flew by. I followed it and it stopped at the pond in back of the = Hampton Inn. I parked the car and looked for it and we surprised each = other - I came up over a hill to stand only ten feet away from it! I've = never seen a bird that big up so close (other than in a zoo). After = this experience, I've decided I want a pair of binoculars for the car. = My husband thinks I've finally lost my marbles - he thinks birds are = boring. Oh well - it was a neat experience for me! Leslie Keedysville, MD =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 =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 =========================================================================