All:

You can download  George Ammann's interesting 1938 annotated report of his 
observations of birds while surveying potential National Wildlife Refuge 
sites at:

ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/

Its available as a 4 part scanned pdf or a 4 part OCR'd Word document.

Preface for both is:  1Birds_Ammann.....

A well done and valuable historical addition to the region's faunas.

We have the original report and the original photographs of the marshlands 
(which are interesting historical documents in themselves) and would be 
very interested in working with anyone who would like to reformat this 
report, double check the OCR'ed versions, and create a more complete final 
product, it is all public domain so there would be no copyrights, charges 
etc. from us.  It would be a matter of public service to those interested 
in birds in these regions and I bet Norm, for one, would put it up on the 
Osprey.   We can make all the original photographs available.

Please pass this notice on to DE, VA, and NJ listservs. 

Many thanks to Phil Davis for finding this report in the files of our 
basement and historical background from Bob Ringler

sam

 
Sam Droege   
w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD  20705
Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov

Sunrise 
...

The tide ?s at full; the marsh with flooded streams 
Glimmers, a limpid labyrinth of dreams. 
Each winding creek in grave entrancement lies 
A rhapsody of morning-stars. The skies 
Shine scant with one forked galaxy,? 
The marsh brags ten: looped on his breast they lie.

... 

            - Sidney Lanier


P Bees are not optional.