Make your reservations now for the 2003 Kentucky Ornithological Society Fall Meeting as we continue celebrating the 80th Anniversary of KOS ! This year's Fall meeting will be held at the Ramada Inn in Henderson, Ky. October 3-5, 2003 with featured speaker Jon Dunn. Hotel Reservations > Thirty rooms are being held at the Ramada Inn. Rooms rates are $54.00/double + tax and includes a deluxe continental breakfast. You can make reservations by calling 1-800-272-6232 (Ramada Inn Reservations toll-free number) or you can call directly to the Ramada Inn in Henderson at 270-826-6600. Camping > Nearby camping is available on a first come, first serve basis at John James Audubon State Park. For more information, visit http://www.go-henderson.com/audubon.htm or contact the park office at (270) 826-2247. This weekend meeting is Open To The Public with a registration fee payable at the meeting of $5.00 adults, $3.00 students. No advance registration is required. Photos requested > We're still working on the KOS Scrapbook. If you have any photographs of people or birds from KOS Meetings/Field Trips from over the years and would like to donate them for the KOS scrapbook, please bring them with you to the fall meeting or if you're unable to attend the meeting, you can mail them to: Kathy Caminiti 4980 Middle Creek Road Burlington, Ky. 41005 Photos of KOS Members while birding would be much appreciated, so feel free to bring a picture of yourself or other members for the scrapbook! Also, any pictures of your favorite Ky. bird would be great! About the speaker > Jon Dunn lives near Bishop, California. He has extensive knowledge of the identification and distribution of North American birds and has written or co-written numerous papers that have appeared in a wide variety of journals. Jon was chief consultant to the National Geographic Society's Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the 4th edition of which was released in October, 2002. He was co-writer and host of the two-video set Large and Small Gulls of North America in the Advance Birding Video Series as well as co-author with Kimball Garrett of both Birds of Southern California: Status and Distribution and Warblers. Jon is currently a member of the American Birding Association's Board of Directors as well as a consultant for their magazine, Birding. He is also a member of the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist Committee and the ABA Checklist Committee. Jon has been a tour leader for WINGS, INC. for 25 years. We look forward to Jon's visit and to birding at the Henderson Sloughs Wildlife Management Area ! We will post a meeting agenda on the KOS website soon at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm If you'd like to become a member of the Ky. Ornithological Society, a Membership Application and information is available at http://www.biology.eku.edu/KOS/membership.htm Make your reservations early to insure your lodging. See you there ! Good Birding Always, Kathy Caminiti, President Hap Chambers, Vice President Kentucky Ornithological Society ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx