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["Larry McDaniel" <localcolors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like Rob's idea.

Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Biller" <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:52 AM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Re: BBC Meets tonight -- Dec. 20 -- at Steele


> Think we could compile at the Mad Greek?  They seem receptive to our large
groups every month...'sides they would get our large group and extra time
for January (more $$$ for them) and we wouldn't have to go somewhere else
after eating.
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Rob Biller
> Elizabethton, TN
>
> >
> > From: wwg <wwg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 2005/12/22 Thu AM 10:27:04 EST
> > To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Fwd: BBC Meets tonight -- Dec. 20 -- at Steele
> >   Creek Park
> >
> > Bristol CBC Compilation - Monday, January 2nd at Steele Creek Park, 7:30
> > PM. The only conflicts will be the Fiesta Bowl and the beginning of the
> > Sugar Bowl.
> > Do you want to meet before that for dinner?  Mad Greek?
> > Bill Grigsby
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: [Bristol-Birds] BBC Meets tonight -- Dec. 20 -- at Steele
Creek Park
> > >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:18:25 -0500
> > >
> > >Area Birders:
> > >
> > >The Bristol Bird Club's December meeting will be held this evening,
> > >Tuesday (Dec. 20) at 7:30 p.m. at Bristol Tennessee's Steele Creek Park
> > >lodge across the driveway and parking  lot from the park nature center.
> > >
> > >Prior to the meeting at the park, many birders will gather for dinner
at 6:00
> > >p.m. (on your own) at the Mad Greek Restaurant on the Volunteer Parkway
in
> > >Bristol, TN.   We have good turnouts for dinner.  It is a great
> > >opportunity to
> > >get to know other birders and get caught up on all that is going on.
> > >
> > >This is one of our best attended monthly meetings of the year as
excitement
> > >grows and we complete not only count plans but sideline social events
which
> > >surround the parties.
> > >
> > >The December meeting program is concerned with detailed planning of two
of
> > >our BBC sponsored Chriristmas Bird Counts.  We present spreadsheets on
the
> > >counts, maps, create field parties, designate leaders, set meeting
places
> > >and times for field parties and make whatever arrangements as needed.
> > >
> > >If you have never participated in a Christmas Bird Count, you are
welcome to
> > >come and learn more about counts and, if you wish, be included with a
field
> > >party for the count(s) of your choice.   You need no special birding
> > >skills to
> > >participate.
> > >
> > >Shady Valley-Mountain City, TN CBC, Saturday,  Dec. 31 (Compiled by Rob
> > >Biller)
> > >
> > >Bristol TN-VA CBC, Sunday, Jan. 1 (Compiled by Richard Lewis)
> > >
> > >Richard Lewis compiles the count for his 25th straight year.
> > >
> > >Wallace Coffey will be in his same count sector for his 47th
consecutive year.
> > >The Bristol CBC was first conducted in 1931.
> > >
> > >The Shady Valley-Mountain City CBC was first conducted 1996.
> > >
> > >The region high record number of species is 91 on the Bristol CBC in
> > >2004.  The 91 species compares to an average of 81.5 species per year
for
> > >the previous 10 years and  75.95 for the previous 20 years.
> > >
> > >We will also set a date for the compilation of the counts.
> > >
> > >Remember that there is a $5.00 participation fee charged by the
National
> > >Christmas Count program for each count you go on.  Please remember that
> > >payment is to be made to Janice Martin, Treasurer of the BBC.  She
> > >will be at the meeting and handle all funds.   The payments sent to the
> > >count will be checks drawn on the Bristol Bird Club.
> > >
> > >All participants for counts should be registered with the club as soon
> > >as possible.
> > >
> > >Anyone in the region who would like to participate in any of these
counts is
> > >invited to attend tonight's planning meeting and jump right in.
> > >More than 2,000 counts and 45,000 birders will participate in the 106th
> > >year of the Audubon nationwide Chirstmas bird count. It is the oldest
> > >continuous wildlife survey in North America.
> > >
> > >The first Christmas Bird Counts were conducted in 1900 in response to a
> > >suggestion made in the National Audubon Society's magazine Bird-Lore.
> > >
> > >More information about CBCs available at:
> >
><http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/birds/cbc.html#intro>http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bir
ds/cbc.html#intro
> > >
> > >See you this evening.......
> > >
> > >Wallace Coffey
> > >Bristol, TN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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