As you know by now, we are indeed privileged to have this year on our team one of the winners of the Texas Classic two years in a row. (Congratulations, Marshall!) Marshall Iliff has agreed to join in this year with Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, and Mark Hoffman in their bid to bring home the honors to Maryland. We want to thank those who have sent in donations and/or pledges already but we need more support yet for this fine team of birders we're sending to New Jersey in just another week and a half. Please consider a pledge per species to help us make the 1999 team the financial success the 1998 team was. With last year's money we were able to fund a Mist Net Replacement Program for ongoing research programs in Maryland and we were able to send an additional educator to the Audubon Nature Camp this summer for training in ornithology. If you think these sorts of activities are what the MOS should be doing, then please help support those efforts by donating or pledging in support of our World Series team. A ten-cent pledge amounts to a donation of just $15-20 but each pledge matters, so please think about helping out. Send your pledges to me directly by e-mail at osprey@ari.net or if you would like to make an outright donation, send a check made out to MOS to me, Norm Saunders, at 1261 Cavendish Drive, Colesville, MD 20905. Thank you! Norm =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net