What about the basics: a roll of toilet paper, bug spray, a couple of power
bars, a cell phone, a tow rope, a rain jacket, extra sweater, etc
Winger West
Millersville, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm Saunders" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Request for info
> 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
>
> ======================
> Norm Saunders
> Colesville & West Ocean City, MD
>
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