Thought the following might be of interest to people on this list - Scott Somershoe our new State ornithologist will be speaking in Nashville on September 7 at 7 PM at Radnor lake. Birds, Bottomlands, and the Breeding Season By Scott Somershoe, State Ornithologist September 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Radnor Lake Visitor Center, 1160 Otter Creek Road Is timber harvest bad for birds? I will answer this question and many others in a presentation on research I conducted while working with the US Geological Survey in Vicksburg, MS. First, I will discuss different timber management techniques, bird survey methodology (i.e. point counts and bird banding, with lots of bird pictures), and the results of intense fieldwork on how management affects breeding and wintering birds in bottomland hardwood forests at the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, in northeast Louisiana. Second, I will discuss Breeding Bird Surveys and how a slight modification of protocols could greatly enhance the information we collect about bird populations and long-term population trends. Third, I will discuss my experience with Ivory-billed Woodpeckers and the White River National Wildlife Refuge. Finally, I'll bring everyone up to date with the Tennessee IBA program, what is happening with all the point count data that has been collected since the mid-1990's, and other projects I'm working on and thinking about starting. I'm a southernized Yankee from the Philadelphia, PA area. I attended college at Millersville University in Lancaster County, PA. After my sophomore year, I saw some birds in my parent's backyard and became fascinated, especially one robin-sized gray bird with a brown rump who was "meowing!" I changed majors and graduated on time with a double major in Marine and Environmental Biology. Immediately after graduation I began my Master's degree at Georgia Southern University where I studied the stopover ecology of Neotropical migratory songbirds during spring and fall migration along the Georgia coast. After graduation, I briefly attended Auburn University before taking a job with the US Geological Survey in Vicksburg, MS. With the USGS, I worked on several projects related to management of bottomland hardwood forests, including the studies mentioned above. Most recently on 1 April 2006, I began working in my current position as State Ornithologist with Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency after four years with the USGS. Sheila Sheila Shay Newsletter Editor, Cumberland-Harpeth Audubon Society Nashville, TN Home: 615-298-5154 Work: 615-343-2392 e-mail: Sheila.shay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Sheila.shay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> =================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 _____________________________________________________________