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

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Michael Bowen

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:48:39 -0500

Paul:

You have two takers here:

Michael Bowen, Bethesda, MD

and Helen Patton, Silver Spring, MD

How do we sign up?

Mike B.

Bethesda, MD


At 01:32 PM 2/9/2005 -0800, 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
>

D. H. Michael Bowen (Mike)
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda MD 20817-3845
Tel/Fax: (301) 530-5764
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