2004 ANNUAL FALL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM October 8-10 at Cookeville Join the TOS for the Fall Meeting and Symposium, October 8-10, 2004, at Cookeville. This will be the first time in many years that the TOS has met in Cookeville. Attendees will gather Friday evening for an informal reception and to sign up for field trips. The Saturday agenda consists of morning field trips, a short business meeting, and the annual symposium in which presenters from across the state describe their recent bird studies. There will be no evening banquet or dinner meeting. More field trips will be held Sunday morning. Headquarters and Lodging: The meeting will be held at the Baymont Inn at 1151 S. Jefferson Avenue in Cookeville. This is just south of I-40 Exit 287. A block of rooms has been reserved at the special rate of $62.00. To receive this rate, make your reservation by September 30 by calling the Inn at (931) 525-6668 or request reservations by emailing karlacookeville@xxxxxxxxxx In either case, please mention TOS. Nonsmoking rooms have been requested, but smoking rooms are available. Reservations can be cancelled up to the day of arrival. There are many other hotels in the area. Registration: $5.00 at the door Friday night. Symposium: The paper session, consisting of a series of presentations describing recently completed and ongoing studies of Tennessee birds, will be held Saturday afternoon. Agenda and Field Trips: Friday, October 8 Registration, informal reception, field trip sign-up Saturday, October 9 7:30 AM - Field trips depart from hotel. Destinations: 1. Cane Creek Park with a extension to Ensor Sink Natural Area (time permitting). 2. City Lake Natural Area. 3. Heritage Marsh. Note: This area is private property and the field trip is limited to 10 participants. Lunch on your own 1:30 - 4:00 PM - Symposium in hotel meeting room. 4:30 PM - Board of Directors Meeting in hotel meeting room. 7:00 PM - Program on "The Return of the Osprey to Tennessee" by Ken Dubke in hotel meeting room. Sunday, October 10 7:30 AM - Field trips depart from hotel. Destinations: 1. Burgess Falls State Natural Area. 2. Ensor Sink Natural Area and Walnut Park 12:00 noon - Field trips end, bird on your own or depart for home For more information, contact Virginia Reynolds. Additional information on birding in the area is listed on a web site maintained by Steve Stedman at http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm. ----------------------------- Forward by: Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****