The Bristol Bird Club is considering having a field trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in late May or early June. I suggest a 4 day trip. That would give us a travel day with some birding coming and going, a day of coastal land birding and a day to do a pelagic trip on a Brian Patteson tour. Brian is holding a block for us up to 7 people to go out of Manteo on Saturday, 5/24, (Memorial Day Weekend). Cost would be $110. I need to let him know by 3/10 how many are going. There is very limited space on that trip. To do this we will need to leave on Friday, May 23 and return on Monday, May 26. Of course there is the option of traveling separately and on different days. Brian will not be on that boat but a talented leader will be. We could also do a pelagic trip on Saturday, June 7 or Sunday June 8. There's plenty of room on those trips. They are out of Cape Hatteras. Cost is $90. Let me know by Monday 3/10 if you are interested in either of these trips. If we go for the May trip we will have to send in our reservations and payments within a week. Ample lodging is currently available. They run trips all the way into October. Brian has a great web site patteson.com Larry McDaniel (423) 773-9234 ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958