The Bristol Bird Club expedition to Ecuador is filling up! I you are entertaining the idea of participating, you need to send in your reservation ASAP. For those of you who missed the initial announcement, I will print it again. The trip will run from July 12 through July 22. We will fly into and out of Quito, the capitol. The cost for Ecuador will be $1995 and include meals and lodging, local guides and transportation. Transportation to Ecuador will be on your own. I will be flying out of Knoxville and the cost will be about $930 (American Airlines). The advantage of a non-group airfare is the freedom to chose your own airport and carrier. This also means that you can use miles if you wish, travel at an earlier date and leave from a different airport. We will visit a variety of habitats including high montane cloud forest, pre-montane cloud forest, paramo, agricultural areas, mountain stream valleys and eastern slope subtropical cloud forest. A sampling of possible sightings include Green-tailed Train- bearer, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Toucan Barbet, Golden-headed Quetzal, Flame-faced Tanager, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Giant Antpitta, Choco Toucan, Club-winged Manakin, Andean Emerald, Bronze-winged Parrot, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Black and Chestnut Eagle, Carunculated Caracara, Torrent Ducks, Silvery Grebe, Rufous-banded Owls, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Powerful Woodpecker, Andean Potoo and Andean Condor. All of these cast against a background of high elevation meadows or moss-draped trees, bromeliads and tree-ferns. We also will have great vistas of the high Andes, valleys of cloud forest and the high elevation towns and farms of the Ecuadorean people. Quito is a beautiful Spanish-style city with fabulous churches and squares. It will be a wonderful trip at a great price! For further information and application forms contact: Dr. John Moyle, 4027 Glen Alpine Road, Kingsport, TN 37660, or email me at jpmoyle18@xxxxxxx I will have to send detailed trip descriptions and applications by regular mail, so send me your postal address when you request them. ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________