I just received this, and thought I'd pass it on.  
 
Peace,
 
Rob Hilton

Bethesda, Maryland

"J. Steven Huy" <> wrote:
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 12:27:18 -0400
From: "J. Steven Huy" <>
To: 
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

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J. Steven Huy
Middletown, MD, USA





		
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