[Bristol-Birds] COME VISIT THE BRISTOL BIRD CLUB -- ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP !


















COME VISIT THE BRISTOL BIRD CLUB -- ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP ! 

 Birders and birdwatchers from across the region are invited to
 visit the meetings of the club each month, usually on the third
Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m.   Most of  our meetings are held at the 
 East Tennessee State University-- Bristol Center at 1227 Volunteer 
 Parkway in Bristol Tennessee.

 We do not meet there when the university is not in session or
 in December when we have our annual Christmas Part or July
 when we have our annual picnic. Announcements of exceptions
 are regularly posted on the Bristol Birds Net.

ETSU-Bristol Center is located in the Executive Park Plaza
on the Volunteer Parkway (US 11E) in Bristol Tennessee.



 



















Because the BBC is a Full Service bird club, we sincerely feel
that we offer a great deal to anyone who enjoys birding.

Our membership of nearly 60 birders is friendly and helpful.
We pride ourselves by bringing new birders into as full 
involvement in our social activities, projects, meetings, field
trips and leadership roles as each individual desires.

We are youth friendly and have decades of experience
involving children and young people of all ages fully in
what we do.  We almost never sponsor activities just for
children -- we take them with us.  They just have to be able
to hold their own binoculars and enjoy our fellowship.  

We provide the best services in communications among
region birders.  
    
  a..     State of the art Bristol Birds Net e-mail discussion list.
  b..     The oldest such list in the region.
  c..     A public web page to communicate simple aspects of the club.
  d..     A Full-Service password-managed Membership Support website.
  e..     A BBC newsletter by e-mail as needed.
We publish and distribute a complete library of regional check-list books:

  a..    Birds of Northeast Tennessee, 1994, Rick Knight, pp. 68.
  b..    Birds of Smyth County Virginia, 1999, Tony Decker, pp. 44.
  c..    Birds Study in Shady Valley Tennessee, 1999,  Coffey & Shumate, pp.136.
  d..    Birds of the Virginia Cumberland's, 2001, Dick Peake, pp.104.
  e..    Birds of Northeast Tennessee, Second Edition, 2008. Rick Knight (in 
progress)
BBC offers a vast array of formal and informal club field trips including a
rich offering of trips to local and regional birding sites.
In addition we make available both national and international field trips:

  a..     Cape Romaine/Bull's Island, SC
  b..     Outer Banks, NC
  c..     Trinidad-Tobago 2006
  d..     Ecuador 2008
In addition members are afforded opportunities to::
  a..     Tour major ornithological collections/museums
  b..     Tour the Tennessee Aquarium
  c..     Participate in Tennessee Ornithological Society
  d..     Participate in Virginia Society of Ornithology
Environmental and conservation activities have included:

  a..     Clean up of areas we bird
  b..     Sponsored clean up of hurricane damage at Fort Morgan, AL
  c..     Sponsored hacking and release of Bald Eagles at South Holston Lake
  d..     Made input to TVA on Lands Management EIS for Boone Lake lands.
  e..     Provide input to U.S. Forest Service for management of critical 
habitat
  f..     Fund rehab and feeding program of region raptor rehabbers.
  g..     Bird banding at many different levels.
  h..     Major input for moving proposed road at Meadowview Marsh at Kingsport
  i..     Monitoring Bald Eagle summer releases South Holston Lake
  j..     Provided input to TVA for reservoir shorebird habitat and management 
South Holston Lake 2003
Outreach and Education:

  a..    Beginner bird walks for new birders in our region.
  b..    Birding 101 online distance learning for BBC members.
  c..    Sponsorship of the Kentucky Society of Ornithology Fall Meeting, 
Eastern Ky.
  d..    A memorandum of agreement with Natural Tunnel State Park, VA to 
provide birding weekends.
  e..    Field trips at Kingsport's annual summer Funfest event, locally 
sponsored and held at Bays Mountain Park.
  f..    Paint the Town event to calk Bristol State Street for children and 
members of BBC.
  g..    Constructed educational habitat which  included pond and benches, etc. 
at Wallace Elem. School, Bristol 1994
  h..    Provided more than $1500 in sunflower seed to Steele Creek Nature 
Center in Bristol Tennessee
  i..    Built office shelves and library shelving for Steele Creek Nature 
Center.
  j..    Furnished Steele Creek Nature Center
  k..    Conduct bird surveys and natural history inventories of Steele Creek 
Nature Center.
  l..    Construed and erected more than 100 Screech Owl boxes in three 
counties of NET as a single project.
  m..    Sponsor Annual Christmas Bird Counts at Bristol (first in 1931)
  n..    Sponsor Annual Christmas Bird Counts at Shady Valley, TN, Kingsport, 
TN, Glade Springs, VA.
  o..    Annual Winter Bald Eagle Surveys in Northeast Tennessee
  p..    Donate bird books to regional libraries, school, colleges and 
universities.
  q..    Sponsor and conduct BBC Stephen M. Russell Graduate Lectureship in 
Ornithology (Ph. D. candidates)
  r..    Expert assistance with both club programs and on an individual basis 
about, bird photography and equipment.
  s..    Provide speakers, staff and field trips for a wide array of birding 
events, state ornithological society meetings, club meetings, workshops and 
lecture
  t..    Sponsor daily Hawk watch from Mendota Lookout on Clinch Mountain 
throughout September.
  u..    Sponsorship of Annual Mendota Haw Migration Festival.
  v..    Bog Watch at Tennessee Nature Conservancy bog as part of Cranberry 
Festival, Shady Valley.
  w..    Registration box for birder access Musick's Campground for more than a 
decade.
  x..    Virginia Birding Trail extensive site nomination list, Wytheville, VA 
2000.
  y..    Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas surveys 1991.
Social Opportunities:

  a..   Winter birding retreats.
  b..   Weekend downriver canoe birding trip and overnight
  c..   Seasonal and annual state meetings of state ornithological societies.
  d..   Annual Regional Christmas Party for birders first week of December.
  e..   Annual September Banquet and visiting speaker.
  f..   Annual BBC Summer Picnic Steele Creek Park in July.
  g..   Summer retreat to mountain lake home at Watauga Lake
  h..   Dutch dinners before each monthly meeting at the Mad Greek in Bristol
Past State Level Ornithological Meetings Coordinated or Sponsored by BBC:
  a..    Tennessee Ornithological Society 1969 State Meeting, Johnson City, TN, 
with Greeneville, Kingsport, Elizabethton TOS chapters.
  b..    Tennessee Ornithological Society  2000 State Meeting at Bristol VA
  c..    Tennessee Ornithological Society  2004 State Meeting at Bristol VA
  d..    Virginia Society of Ornithology, Washington County, Va Foray 1966
  e..    Tennessee Ornithological Society  Shady Valley Foray 1976
  f..    Tennessee Ornithological Society Annual Winter Meeting, Dayton, TN 
(with Chattanooga, Knoxville TOS chapters) 2005
  g..    Annual Fall Meeting and Symposium of Tennessee Ornithological Society, 
Watts Bar Lake, TN 1967-1976 (Including other sites)
  h..    Kentucky Ornithological Society Fall Meeting, Pine Mountain State 
Park, KY, 2004
This represents a partial list of Full Service bird club opportunities provided 
now and in the past by the Bristol Bird Club.

We have something for everyone.  We have something for you. 

Come join us.

For more information, contact BBC President Dave Worley at 
dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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