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Re: Attempting Inshore Lewes-Ocean City Pelagic on Sun, Feb. 27

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Patricia Valdata

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:23:43 -0500

Sounds like fun, Paul. I'd like to go. You would be leaving from Lewes?

At 04:32 PM 2/9/2005, you wrote:
>See Life Paulagics is attempting an inshore pelagic for Delaware and Maryland,
>similar to the one we ran out of Belmar, NJ recently.  The New Jersey trip was
>very successful racking up 4 Thick-billed Murres, Razorbills, Red-necked
>Grebes, Black-headed Gull, and Iceland Gull.  Other targets are Black
>Guillemot, other gulls, grebes, loons, waterfowl, etc.
>
>Our date is Sunday, February 27, the day after our normally scheduled offshore
>trip.  WE NEED A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ASAP TO MAKE THIS TRIP HAPPEN.
>
>The probable itinerary is to run an 8 hour trip that would cover the inshore
>waters from the Lewes Breakwater, past Indian River Inlet, and hit Ocean City
>Inlet.  We might head farther south, depending upon the time and birds, and we
>might go a little farther offshore to hit some underwater structure.  Most
>likely, though, this will be similar to the Belmar trip where we spent most of
>our time just a few hundred yards from the beach, taking the opportunity to
>check out jetties and any birds that looks suspiciously good.
>
>The trip is scheduled to run from 8:00 AM to about 4:00 PM, so that 
>anybody also
>doing Saturday's offshore trip won't have to get up too early in the 
>morning for
>the this trip.  The cost is $80.
>
>If you would like to sign up for this trip, please let us know ASAP.  The boat
>owners have given us a little over a week to commit or not.  DO NOT
>SEND A CHECK YET!  We will let you know if the trip is a "go".
>
>Here's hoping we can pull this off!
>
>
>-Paul
>
>Paul A. Guris
>See Life Paulagics
>P.O. Box 161
>Green Lane, PA  18054
>www.paulagics.com
>215-234-6805
>

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato