[mou] Birds and cell phones

[Paul Budde]

For birders who cannot wait to get back on-line to check for the most recent
spring migration sightings, some cell phone services provide for the
reception of e-mail.  If you would like to subscribe your cell phone to
mou-net, contact us at

	mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu

and let us know of your interest and your phone's e-mail address.  The
latter is usually something like

	6125551212@phoneisp.com

(i.e., your cell phone number followed by an isp address for your provider).
Check with your phone company to learn your address.

A word of warning - these services usually limit the length of a message to
150 characters, so you might receive a message like

"pbudde@earthlink.net#[mou-net]Anhinga#Hi Birders! I'm happy to report that
today while birding over lunch I found a first state record Anhinga.  It was
seen at the north end of"

but at least then you'd know to call a friend who is really on-line to get
the details.

Happy birding,
Paul

Paul Budde
Minneapolis, Minnesota
pbudde@earthlink.net