Hart-Miller Island Slide Presentation
Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Sat, 1 May 1999 16:52:11 -0400
The Baltimore Bird Club's meeting at Cylburn Mansion, on Tuesday, May 4
will feature a Slide Presentation by Gene Scarpulla.
HART-MILLER ISLAND: A BRIEF HISTORY THROUGH TIME (1600 T0 2000)
Experience the history, ecology, recreational opportunities, and
especially the amazing bird life of Hart-Miller Island. Gene's talk will
cover the original Hart, Miller, and Pleasure Islands; Hart-Miller Island
State Park; and the Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment
Facility.
Gene, who has been surveying avian and other life forms on the island on
a weekly basis throughout the year, is the undisputed expert on this
unique Maryland site.
The evening, which is open to all, will begin with refreshments at 7:30,
and the meeting and talk will begin at 8:00. Please join us.
The Mansion is located off Greenspring Avenue one block south of Northern
Parkway (accessible from the I-83 Northern Parkway exit south of the
Beltway) in Baltimore.
Check out the following URLs for excerpts from the "Birder's Guide to
Baltimore" for more detailed directions and a map showing the location of
Cylburn Arboretum.
<http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~tross/cylburn.html>
<http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~tross/lrcylmap.html>
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net