Hi all,
  
  How about an Ipod with all of the North American bird songs on it?  It has proven to be invaluable in the field.
  
  Richard

Norm Saunders <> wrote:  Rick Sussman writes:

> help me with ideas (for my Yellowthroat column)

Rick,  I had a complaint the other day from one of the MDOsprey group about  the fact that not enough information is given for many of the sites  referenced in messages--where they are, how best to access them, etc.  Part of my response was that the confused individual should get a copy  of the DeLorme MD/DE Atlas and use the place-name index. Perhaps it  wouldn't be amiss to write a column on the "well-equipped field  birder's bag of goodies"?

Mine contains the ADC maps for all the  counties I'm liable to visit on a given weekend, the DeLorme Atlas, a  couple of field guides, and the Yellow Book. Others might carry other  favorites, like FRS radios, a compass, a small tape recorder, a PDA  with birdlisting software, etc. Others might bring along even more  (have you ever seen the trunk of Bob Ringler's car or what Jim Stasz  carries on the roof of his?).

I would like to invite all of you  here on MDOsprey to shower Rick (and the rest of us) with the contents  of YOUR field bag (or backpack, or automobile trunk, etc.). We might  all get some ideas from the list!

Norm

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Norm Saunders
Colesville & West Ocean City, MD




		
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