Since when did Phil take charge of the Voice of the Naturalist?

Last I heard they will not give locations of most owls and I imagine this 
would include Great Gray and Boreal.

I just recommend that people act responsibly if they find these birds. 
 Talk to residents first before sending hordes people their way.  Find out 
where people can park and walk. Tell them they can expect many. Let them 
know why people are looking about their neighborhood with bins and scopes. 
And don't block local traffic.

I've read nice accounts of people showing up by the hundreds for rare birds 
in other areas.  The residents are prepared, have parking spots, guest 
books, sometimes coffee.  I think we could do the same.

J. Steven Huy
Middletown, MD, USA


-----Original Message-----
From:	Andy Martin [SMTP:]
Sent:	Monday, 17 January, 2005 08:24
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Subject:	Re: [MDOSPREY] Great Gray Owls

Phil,

Just curious.  I understand from reading  the section about  finding
owls in C. Wilds book about birding in and around DC, MD and VA that the
location of certain types of owls should not be publicized.  Great Gray
and Boreal owls are not even mentioned in her book ( I guess, because
they're so unexpected in our parts).  Are sightings of these two owl
species OK to publicize (with Steven Huy's cautions about respecting
private property) on MDOsprey or the NAS Voice of Naturalist?


Andy Martin
Gaithersburg