Re: [MDOsprey] Two (!) Ruffs in MD and thoughts on
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:54:58 -0400
Marshall, et al. -
You might want to let Fran Saunders chime in on this ... she is the
official MOS webmaster and it might be that she would be willing to add a
feature to the MOS web site to accommodate this great suggestion. Perhaps
messages on shorebird conditions at specific sites could be picked off of
MDO and linked/added to web pages for easy reference (???).
Phil
At 01:24 AM 07/19/1999 -0400, Marshall Iliff wrote:
>In the course of our birding this weekend, Greg Miller mentioned to me that
>folks in Ohio have a shorebird webpage where people log in and make regular
>postings not just on shorebird sightings in the state, but on the condition
>of shorebird hotspots around the state (i.e. water levels at such-and-such
>seem good or so-and-so's pond is completely dry and is now worthless or at
>the intersection of whosiwhatsit Lane and Rte. godknowswhat there is a rain
>puddle that seems good). Well, I think we need this in Maryland! We
>Marylanders have a hard enough time with shorebirds given that the best spots
>are hard to access (i.e. Hart-Miller Island, Assateague Island) and that we
>have an inferiority complex being sandwiched between Bombay Hook and
>Chincoteague). I have most of my free summers in MD since I was 16 driving
>around to various shorebird spots checking the conditions. But it is far
>easier for all us internet connected folks to share our observations so that
>we can hit the spots that are good and skip the ones that aren't. Conditions
>often change yearly, monthly, or even weekly (depending on rain or lack
>thereof) and this kind of network would be a real boon to the MD birding
>community I think, especially those of us that like shorebirds. Plus, Greg,
>Todd, and I wouldn't have missed Pectoral, Western and Ruff on our July Big
>Day if we had known how good Easton STP was!
>
>Now...I didn't quite get Greg to volunteer to maintain such a site...but
>maybe if we all begged in unison.
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