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FW: [MDOSPREY] Early Scarlet Tanager

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Rich Dolesh

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Rich Dolesh

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Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:11:17 -0400

Subject: RE: [MDOSPREY] Early Scarlet Tanager

Sorry--fishing map doesn't cut it.  "Fast" land is that land above the Mean
High Water mark, which means that Jones Point is in Virginia--or is it?
Read below from a Tour of Potomac River Lighthouses:  
"THE PARK
Jones Point Park is significant because it features the south cornerstone of
D.C., which was placed in 1791. It is a stone marker indicating one of the
corners of the original boundaries of the diamond-shaped 10-square-mile
District of Columbia."

Hmmm, does that make the sighting in the District of Columbia?

Rich Dolesh
Aquasco, MD


-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David Winer
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:18 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Early Scarlet Tanager

"...although all the water in the Potomac is considered Maryland, the land
on the Virginia side is all in Virginia.  So unless the bird was in the
water, it was in Virginia."
---------------------------

Interesting comment.  I can only say that the fishing map shows the land at
the Jones Point Lighthouse inside Prince Georges County, and I based my
decision to post on MDO on that authority.

If it turns out that I am found guilty of mentioning a Virginia bird, Norm
has his sanctions... (shudder).

-- Dave Winer, Bethesda

davidwinerATverizon.net