New team name: The Maryland Yellowthroats New Team members: Hal Wierenga Lynn Davidson Mark Garland New team writeup: The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS) is sending a team to the 1998 World Series of Birding: from midnight to midnight, Saturday May 9, 1998. See the back of this sheet for the history of the World Series. The MOS team is co-captained by Hal Wierenga and Lynn Davidson in their attempt to find more species than any other team in Cape May County (Single New Jersey County category). Hal and Lynn, Anne Arundel County residents, are life-long Maryland birders and Hal has led birding trips all over the country for MOS and for the Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS). He has competed in five World Series on the National Geographic team and in five more on a team sponsored by Swarovski Optics, so we are indeed privileged to have him on our team! Lynn works in the Wildife and Heritage Division of the MD Department of Natural Resources and is a former Big Day record holder in Maryland. She too has competed in 5 prior World Series of Birding events, sponsored by the Swarovski Optics Company. The third member of the team is Mark Garland, Senior Naturalist with the Audubon Naturalist Society. This will be Mark 's first World Series competition but he is in charge of the ANS Extended Foray Program and has led field trips throughout the US and in the tropics of Central and South America. The final member of the team hasn't yet been named. And now, the part everyone is waiting for....(drum rolls, hush falls) As of Monday, 13 April, 1998: Number of pledges: 7 Cumulative pledge: $3.90 Number of donations: 3 Donation amount: $200 Please think now about your pledge to support the MOS team and the Research, Education, and Sanctuary programs of the MD Ornithological Society! Here is the pledge form once again: ------------------------------------------------------------- MOS 1998 World Series of Birding Pledge Form Name: _____________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ City: ____________________ State: _______ Zip: __________ Telephone: ______________ E-Mail Address: ________________ ___ My outright contribution of $_________ to the MOS World Series of Birding Team is enclosed. ___ My pledge of $_________ per species seen (expected to range between 150 and 200 species, we will contact you with the actual count by May 25). THANK YOU!!!!!! Please mail this pledge form (and your check made payable to the Maryland Ornithological Society if you are making an outright contribution) to: Norm Saunders, MOS Vice President, 1261 Cavendish Drive, Colesville, MD 20905-7030. Pledges may also be sent via e-mail to Norm at: osprey@ari.net