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["Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been very pleased with the additions that keep popping up to the TOS 
website under birding locations in east Tennessee.  There are great detailed 
pages on several birding sites such as 7 Islands Refuge (David Trently), 
Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery  (Chuck Nicholson) and several others including a 
link to Birding Sites in the Chattanooga area that takes you to the 
Chattanooga Chapter's website and directions and information concerning 
birding locations in that area.

Many thanks to the dedicated people who have spent the time and effort to 
provide this useful information to the rest of us.

Carole Gobert
Knox County, Tennessee


>From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx>,<tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Pace Point/Paris Landing Area
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:06:36 -0500
>
>A few of us have been working to put detailed birding site descriptions on
>the TOS web site.  See http://www.tnbirds.org/birding_tn.htm.  Progress has
>been slow and my invitations for people to write up their favorite sites
>(see for example in the December Tennessee Warbler) have for the most part
>elicited little response.  Nevertheless, the invitation is still open.
>
>Once these site guides are done, posters to TN-birds could reference them 
>to
>provide detailed directions.
>
>But I guess, as Jeff notes, most birders would rather be out in the field.
>
>Chuck Nicholson
>Norris, TN
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett
>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:27 AM
>To: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Pace Point/Paris Landing Area
>
>You are quite right about KY.  I attempted to do so on my own web site 
>until
>I lost my ability to post on that server.
>
>It really would not take that much time to copy a few topozone.com maps, x
>and label the locations and publish them with bird photos.
>
>I agree with you about KY.  The KOS web site makes an attempt, but it is 
>not
>adequate.
>
>
>Bennett
>113 Iroquois Circle
>Russellville, KY  42276
>-----Original Message-----
>From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx [mailto:OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:07 PM
>To: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Pace Point/Paris Landing Area
>
>
>
>In a message dated 1/11/2006 9:26:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>It would really be nice if someone posted directions/maps to the locations
>that are frequently mentioned on posts relating to the Pace Point, Paris
>Landing area.  I have a Tennessee DeLorme and cannot find most of the
>specific "spots" mentioned in the majority of posts.  It would be most kind
>and helpful to out of state birders as well as out of western TN birders if
>someone developed a map with directions to the good birding locations
>frequently mentioned in this forum with names, etc.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>The same could be said for many posts to places in KY or in any other 
>state.
>Directions for all the above mentioned points have been given over the 
>years
>on TN-Bird directed mainly to TN birders. Many of the names are some that 
>we
>have developed over this time for a convenient way to convey exact
>locations. I would like to see the tome that listed direction and held maps
>to all the good birding locations mentioned on any birding forum and what
>would be of interest to one would not be to another.
>
>I monitor many state lists and it is quite easy just to ask for specific
>information from the individual poster and I've always had success. Putting
>together a map for that area might help but then you would need a map for
>hundreds of locations even in that area there are 20 plus points that need
>to be mentioned to even scratch the surface of the bounty found there and
>that might not cover exactly what one wanted to know. A good project for
>someone with unlimited time and resources but it would cut into your time 
>in
>the field or with family or friends. If you took away that time in the
>field, then many new or unexplored great birding areas would not come to 
>the
>fore.
>
>I'm working on a guide to some of my favorite places in West Tennessee,
>somewhat like the Memphis area guide I did for ABA. It takes time and the
>project grows like topsy. I get requests daily about birds and birding in 
>TN
>from TN birders and others all over the US or for that matter world
>travelers and I have directions ready that I can send to those that request
>them on most of the locations but far from all.
>
>It takes time to put together a post, like Mike's, about your time in the
>field; adding directions to every post would just make for more work and
>like I said many exact places are named because there are no names on the
>map, therefore a Gazetteer (which usually abounds in mistakes) is not much
>help in giving directions. I probably use over a dozen names that have
>become general knowledge to many over the years that do not appear on any
>map.
>
>Sure would help to have a complete map for all the good places mentioned
>each day on every list in every state. Like I said, it would be a good
>project for someone that had the time or would take the time away from 
>their
>birding. By the time the project is complete in KY then we might get one
>done in TN;o)
>
>Ask and ye shall receive.................
>
>Good Birding !!!
>
>Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
>6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
>Bartlett, TN 38135
>
>
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>
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>                  wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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>           web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
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=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the count in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual date of observation should
appear in the first paragraph.
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To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

_____________________________________________________________
     Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
          web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
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