Folks,

 I just logged in to read e-mail and was greeted by this e-mail from Steve,
who many Maryland Osprey readers know.  He says it well and says it all.  I
thought you all should see this.

Best regards -

David F. Brinker
Project Owlnet
1200 Frederick Rd.
Catonsville, Maryland 21228

Web: http://www.ProjectOwlnet.org
E-mail: 

ph. 410-744-3246 (home)
ph. 410-744-8939 (office)

Assateague Island Banding Station
38 09' 53" N    75 10' 23" W



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Steven Huy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Maryland Birders list


> Greetings!
>
> As you may not know, but probably suspect, I have been banned from
MDOSPREY as a result of my accidental posting with a suggestion of creating
a list for chat about birding. I'll miss the list, but I am not writing to
complain, simply to announce a new forum more in line with what I would like
in a birding/natutral history list.
>
> MDOSPREY is a great forum and I have no intention of attempting to replace
it. But it appears to be trending towards restriction to sighting and
listing reports, and away from the friendly chatter I enjoy, and that I have
read was the inspiration for its creation. Recent mass temporary posting
restrictions and frequent warnings by the owner support this feeling.
MDOSPREY has even admonished some people to take some threads offlist or to
another forum.  Well, I have created that forum.
>
> The forum is called Maryland_Birders and can be found at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maryland_Birders/.
>
> I've described the list as: "A discussion group for birders in Maryland
and the immediate region. This list is for discussion, humor, creative
writing and thoughts on birding. It allows discussion of non-bird natural
history observations made while birding.
>
> This list is in no way meant to compete with MDOSPREY, Maryland's premier
birding list. This is to be a complementary, yet entirely unaffiliated,
forum for topics and discussions not allowed on that list. Bird reports are
welcome, but please make sure to share Maryland reports on MDOSPREY, as
well. MDOSPREY is a valuable repository of Maryland birding observations and
that tradition must be continued."
>
> Again, this list is not intended to compete with MDOSPREY.  It is simply
an outlet for those of us that want to expand our reports beyond the scope
of MDOSPREY. Hopefully it will also alleviate some of the cost and storage
challenges faced by MDOSPREY.
>
> Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you might feel is interested or
to other related lists (I am not a member of any other birding lists so your
help would be appreciated).
>
> Membership will be open to all interested, but to prevent mass marketers
from loading the list with junkmail, I have set it to require a manual
approval for membership. As a result it might take up to 24 hours before
people can actually access the list (less if I can find a reliable
co-moderator to help). Yahoo Groups is a free service that many people are
familiar with.  It provides an archive and the ability to share files and
photos.  If you are careful with setting your preferences when signing up
for an ID you will not get any junk email because of Yahoo. Members can
easily update their preferences to "no mail" or read the list directly from
the web from anywhere with Internet access.
>
> I hope you'll join Maryland_Birders.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> --
> J. Steven Huy
> Middletown, MD, USA
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