Dr. Fred Alsop will be the speaker for the Bristol Bird Club Banquet at
Steele Creek Park Lodge, Friday, September 22nd. The banquet will be
held in conjunction with Steele Creek Park's Wildlife Weekend. The
banquet will be at 6:30 PM followed by the presentation at 8:00 in the
park lodge. The Wildlife Weekend is sponsored by the Friends of Steele
Creek Nature Center and Park.
The title of Dr. Alsop's program will be "Appalachian Bird Adventures".
The program will be open free to the public. He and his wife, Jo Ann,
will join the Bristol Bird Club at the annual banquet prior to the program.
Dr. Alsop is an accomplished ornithologist and a professor of biological
sciences at East Tennessee State University. He received his doctorate
in zoology from the University of Tennessee, and specializes in the
ecology, distribution, and life history of birds. An avid field
biologist, birder, and photographer, Dr. Alsop has identified more than
3200 species worldwide.
He is the renowned author of the Smithsonian book: /Birds of North
America/ which gives life histories of over 900 species of birds. He has
also written books the /Birds of the Great Smokey Mountains/, /Birds of
Canada/, /Birds of Alabama/, /Birds of Georgia/, and many other states.
Dr. Alsop travels all over the world leading bird watching trips, like
his most recent trip to Costa Rica.
This promises to be an enjoyable evening. The dinner is open to to
non-BBC members, if you wish to come to the dinner, contact Bill Grigsby
at bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 423-247-7980 or Janice Martin at (276)
466-8678, as soon as possible. The menu will consist of Beef Burgundy,
Chicken Supreme, 3 vegetables, salad, dessert, rolls and beverage.
Bill Grigsby BBC President
