Hello Birders ! As most of you know, Brian Wheeler will be the featured speaker at the Fa= ll Meeting at Pine Mountain State Park, September 17-19, 2004. = (more meeting information is at the bottom of this email) There will also be a book-signing by Brian Wheeler at this meeting, so be= sure to bring any of his books to the meeting with you to have them sign= ed! = Also, The Kentucky Ornithological Society is taking orders at this time f= or any of his three newest books. If you would like to order any of the below books to be paid for and pick= ed up at this fall meeting, please place your order right away with Kathy= Caminiti via email to krzy4owls@xxxxxxxx or call her at (859) 689-4166. = = The book order deadline is August 26th to insure delivery before the meet= ing. Kathy will take the orders up until August 26th and then place the order = for that quantity only. KOS will NOT have any extra copies available for sale at the meeting=85..= only those copies that have been reserved in advance for purchase. (exce= pt for maybe just a very few of Book # 1 The Eastern Guide) Brian Wheeler is a nationally renowned raptor expert and author of severa= l books and field guides. He will present a "light hearted show" coveri= ng his recent travels to obtain images for his new Wheeler Guides. This i= ncludes raptors and other birds of Colorado, Wyoming, Duluth, Cape May, F= lorida, Texas, Arizona, and Mexico. = ******************************************************* Book # 1 Raptors of EASTERN North America: The Wheeler Guides KOS Sell Price : $ 40.00 Brian K. Wheeler = Cloth 2003 = List $45.00 = ISBN: 0-691-11598-2 456 pp. 6 x 9 559 color illus. 37 maps. Click here to see picture, details, and reviews of this book: http://pup.= princeton.edu/titles/7597.html = ******************************************************* Book # 2 Raptors of WESTERN North America: The Wheeler Guides KOS Sell Price : $ 45.00 Brian K. Wheeler = Cloth 2003 = List $49.50 = ISBN: 0-691-11599-0 560 pp. 6 x 9 622 color illus. 56 maps Click here to see picture, details and reviews of this book: http://pup.p= rinceton.edu/titles/7502.html = = ******************************************************* Book # 3 A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors KOS Sell Price : $ 20.00 Brian K. Wheeler and William S. Clark Paper 2003 = List $24.95 ISBN: 0-691-11644-X = 198 pp. Click here to see picture, details and reviews of this book: http://pup.p= rinceton.edu/titles/7449.html = ******************************************************* The fall meeting of the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS) will be joi= ntly sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club of Bristol Tennessee - Virginia (= BBCBTNVA). BBCBTNVA members will be full participants in this historic me= eting of KOS. As of this today, the Pine Mountain Park Lodge is full and = the nearest known accommodations are found in Middlesboro. There is a Hol= iday Inn Express (606-248-6860) and a Best Western Inn (606-248-5630) in = Middlesboro. Due to the large number of participants, all KOS and BBCBTNV= A members are urged to make reservations as soon as possible. = BBCBTNVA will offer for sale its newly published book The Birds of the Vi= rginia Cumberlands, by Dr. Dick Peak at this meeting. See you at Pine Mountain in September ! The 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