Re: [MDOsprey] "MDShorebirdNet"
Fran Saunders (saunderf@ARI.Net)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:31:04 -0400
Thanks,Phil. We are just back from TX and trying to catch our
breaths, but I will certainly add my two cents. I have no
problem adding information about shorebird sites to the MOS
web site. In fact, that would be a most welcome addition
since we are looking for more birding-oriented information to
post. I also agree with the many wonderful supporters here
that the sightings notices should be posted on MDOsprey.
The dispersal of messages can only make it more difficult for
people to find everything that they need for a successful
birding outing. I have heard too many people in too many
states complain about the splintering of essential data to want
to go down that track.
However, I will also note, that I cannot possibly keep up a
running day by day count of site conditions, at least not until I
retire! We are moving things around on the MOS site and
consolidating with the MDPIF site, but there will never be more
time for a day by day report. Perhaps Greg would like to keep
track of these day by day changes? We could link to him
from our shorebird page.....
I'm open to suggestions, of course.
Fran
> Marshall, et al. -
>
> You might want to let Fran Saunders chime in on this ... she is the
> official MOS webmaster and it might be that she would be willing to add a
> feature to the MOS web site to accommodate this great suggestion. Perhaps
> messages on shorebird conditions at specific sites could be picked off of
> MDO and linked/added to web pages for easy reference (???).
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> At 01:24 AM 07/19/1999 -0400, 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! We Marylanders have a hard enough time with
> >shorebirds given that the best spots are hard to access (i.e. Hart-Miller
> >Island, Assateague Island) and that we have an inferiority complex being
> >sandwiched between Bombay Hook and Chincoteague). I have most of my free
> >summers in MD since I was 16 driving around to various shorebird spots
> >checking the conditions. But it is far easier for all us internet
> >connected folks to share our observations so that we can hit the spots
> >that are good and skip the ones that aren't. Conditions often change
> >yearly, monthly, or even weekly (depending on rain or lack 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.
>
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> Phil Davis
>
> home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA
> work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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Fran Saunders
Web Site Director
Maryland Ornithological Society
Silver Spring, Maryland
webmaster@mdbirds.org
http://www.MDBirds.org