Norm, The overlap does, in fact exist. I've heard a variety of apochryphal versions of why this is so. Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net) Elkton, Maryland ---------- > I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Fran has made available a map > of Maryland on the MOS State Web Page the show the circles for each > of the 24 Christmas Counts that occur wholly or in part within the > State. > > The circles were drawn based on the center information > (latitude/longitude) in the last published issue of the Christmas > Counts from NAS. > > Please note the apparent overlap between the Rock Run and Elkton > count circles. I am assuming that such an overlap doesn't, in fact, > exist, and that a mistake was made in one or the other of the > published center locations. > > Can anyone confirm this? I know we have a number of the Rock Run > participants as subscribers here but I'm not at all sure about the > Elkton Count. Let me know what you find out! > > Cheers, > Norm > > =============== > Norm Saunders > Colesville, MD > osprey@ari.net