Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:37:19 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Baltimore County Atlaser Gathering Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable The Baltimore Bird Club is having a gathering of Baltimore County Atlasers at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday evening at Sherwood House. The gathering is open to anyone who may be interested in participating in the Maryland Breeding Bird Atlas Project in Baltimore County or who may just want to more about how the the project is progressing in the County. The text of our invitation to Baltimore County Atlasers, which describes th= e gathering, is as follows: Dear Baltimore Breeding Bird Atlasers, =20 You and your helpers are invited to a gathering of Baltimore atlasers at th= e Sherwood House at Cromwell Valley Park on Thursday, April 1, 2004. Deliciou= s refreshments will be served beginning at 7:30 p.m. =20 Why the gathering?=20 =B7 The BBC, Elliot, and Debbie want to thank all Baltimore atlasers for participating in the Second Maryland/DC Breeding Bird Atlas Project by throwing a party. =20 =B7 In addition, Elliot and Debbie thought it a wonderful opportunity to: =20 =B7 Ask you to share with the group any strategies or resources you have found successful in atlasing. =20 =B7 Ask Bob Ringler, who has many years of atlasing experience, to share with us his techniques for locating and confirming secretive and scarce breeding bird species. =20 =B7 Present an overview of our progress. =20 =B7 Discuss goals for the current season. =20 =B7 Give each atlaser a personal report of his or her progress. =20 =20 Please mark April 1, 2004 on your calendar and send an e-mail RSVP to Debbi= e Terry at by Sunday, March 25. (Someone must shop and cook!) =20 Directions to Sherwood House: =20 From the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) take Exit 29A Cromwell Bridge Road. Tur= n east (away from the city) onto Cromwell Bridge Road. In one mile, turn left at the sign =B3The Sherwood House=B2 (which is BEFORE the sign for =B3Willow Grov= e Farm=B2). Drive down the long driveway, across the bridge, bear to the right up the hill, and follow the one-way signs to the stone house at the top of the hill. Park in the lot next to the house and enter the house under the arch over the driveway. =20 Hope to see you on April 1. =20 Debbie and Elliot =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================