RE: Southern Maryland MOS chapter

Carol Ghebelian (gheb@bellatlantic.net)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:11:07 -0400


Norm--Tyler Bell has forwarded your query re MOS Southern Maryland
chapter to some of us active in Southern Maryland Audubon.  SMAS was
formed 26 years ago by birders and has always been primarily a birding
club, although we also have a strong conservation/environmental focus.
(It keeps increasing as development pressures hit us in these
counties)   You may not be aware of our history and that is the reason
an MOS chapter has never formed here.  The "workers" are or have been
involved in the SMAS organization/Board.  Most of us also belong to MOS
either at-large or I, for instance, belong to the Patuxent Club although
I am not active in it.  We all participate in the NAS Christmas Bird
Counts as well as the MOS May counts, so there is much cross-over--again
due to the strong birding component of our active members

Anyway, Tyler is forwarding your query around and we will see what comes
of it.  You do a fine job of the MOS home page and I enjoy it, although
have never "signed on". I guess.  Keep up the good work!

(Incidentally, glad to know '99 convention in Solomons.  I have attended
some and it will be good to have one close to home.  In any event, you
have enough SMAS/MOS members to help with local logistics)


Carol Ghebelian  (current SMAS VP/other stuff!)
3925 Stony Point Pl
Indian Head, MD  20640  301/753-6754