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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Golden Eagle Breeding Search in Highland County [Virginia]- Volunteers and 
Donors Needed!  "The Golden Chase" is a project to track Golden Eagles in 
Highland County via satellite and radio transmitters, organized by Patti Reum, 
owner of Bear Mountain Farm and Wilderness Retreat.  Patti has linked up with 
Dr. Todd Katzer of the National Aviary in Pittsburgh to capture the Golden 
Eagles and track their movements to determine if they breed in Highland. Even 
though Golden Eagles have been viewed during every season in Highland there is 
no known documented breeding of Goldens east of the Mississippi River. 
Therefore the research gathered will be crucial to conservation planning. If 
you'd like to help on this project you have two options: 1) Make a tax 
deductible contribution to The Virginia Society of Ornithology, 1230 Viewmont 
Drive, Evington VA 24550. Please make checks payable to "VSO" and include a 
note that the money is in support of The Golden Chase project.  2) Form a 
birding team to participate in the Golden Chase - a classic birdathon that will 
take place May 19, 2007.  There will be several private properties available to 
teams to count, all of which are high altitude Virginia properties renowned for 
their wildlife - and hold many enticing possible species such as Sharp-shinned 
Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Northern Saw-whet Owls, Long-eared 
Owls, Ruffed Grouse, Black-billed Cuckoos, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Winter 
Wrens, scads of warblers, Vesper Sparrows, Purple Finch, Pine Siskins, and Red 
Crossbills. There is so-little known about migration in this area that the 
species list itself will be important to define presence and estimate abundance 
in this far corner of Virginia. For more information please contact Patti Reum, 
Chair, The Golden Chase Project, at bearmountain@xxxxxxxxxx or (540) 468-2700.

Scott Boven
Volunteer Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy in Virginia
Charlottesville VA
(434) 951-0585

forward by Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN