Marshall Iliff wrote: >In the course of our birding this weekend, Greg Miller mentioned to me that >folks in Ohio have a shorebird webpage where people log in and make regular >postings not just on shorebird sightings in the state, but on the condition >of shorebird hotspots around the state (i.e. water levels at such-and-such >seem good or so-and-so's pond is completely dry and is now worthless or at >the intersection of whosiwhatsit Lane and Rte. godknowswhat there is a rain >puddle that seems good). Well, I think we need this in Maryland! >thereof) and this kind of network would be a real boon to the MD birding >community I think, especially those of us that like shorebirds. Plus, Greg, >Todd, and I wouldn't have missed Pectoral, Western and Ruff on our July Big >Day if we had known how good Easton STP was! >Now...I didn't quite get Greg to volunteer to maintain such a site...but >maybe if we all begged in unison. I thought this was one of the main reasons for the existence of MDOSPREY-the exchange of information about Maryland birds and sites. Paul Woodward