Everybody out there pining for long lost 20" blizzards. I grew up in NW Pa
where they happen every day - even in July. That's why I moved down here to
Maryland where they never happen. And as long as I keep my curtains closed,
they never will!
    Jerry
BRRRRR!
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From: "Charles Vaughn" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Amused


> Yep, I concur. My wife and I started birding in the Boston area in the
late
> '60s. One favorite Brookline Bird Club trip was to Cape Ann in early
> January to look for Dovkies. Great fun; looking out over the ocean in 10
> deg, or less (that's Fahrenheit not Celcius :) ) temp. with the wind
> sometime blowing 10-15 mph into the face. Tears actually froze on the
> cheeks. Of course, the most fun was getting to somebodies house for hot
> chocolate. I can't remember snow ever being a problem, but it might have
> been during one of the 20 inch deep blizzards.
>
> (sigh)
>
>
> At 05:00 AM 1/22/05, you wrote:
>
> >Hello All
> >
> >The recent string of mid-winter & other count postponements brings to
mind
> >why I miss New England - (Walter E. you can relate): I can't recall ever
> >having a bird count in Burlington, VT postponed because of a little snow,
> >let alone gale-force winds whipping off of a frozen Lake Champlain in
> >sub-zero weather.
> >
> >(sigh).
> >
> >
> >Carry on.
> >
> >
> >
> >**********************************
> >Frank Boyle (birding in the snow)
> >Rohrersville, MD
> >
> >**********************************
> >
> >
> >"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of
the
> >oppressed."
> >- Stephen Biko
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Charles Vaughn
> 1306 Frederick Avenue
> Salisbury, MD 21801
>
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