[Bristol-Birds] BBC on Saturday radio in region and at state park
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 16:59:33 -0400
Area Birders:
Three members of the Bristol Bird Club will be guests on regional radio
Saturday morning as a busy weekend gets underway for the club.
Thousands of visitors are in Damascus, VA and Southwest Virginia this weekend
for the annual Trail Days Festival for the "most friendly town on the
Appalachian Trail."
Rack Cross and Chris O'Bryan will be guests on "Blue Ridge Outdoors," a
popular regional radio talk show hosted by Joe Byrd.
The program airs on SuperTalk WFHG-WXBQ radio 980AM and 92.7FM and can be heard
across the region and in adjacent states.
O'Bryan, a 15-year-old member of the BBC, will lead off at 8:30 a.m. --
sharing his experiences as a young naturalist in Shady Valley, TN in the
western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He has just finished appearing in a
Turner South TV program, "The Natural South" which will air in late August. He
has volunteered more than 200 hours at Steele Creek Nature Center where he is a
Junior Park Naturalist.
At 9:00 a.m., Rack Cross, nominated as 2004-2005 BBC president, will share his
birding and nature love, and will have footnotes for the Bristol Bird Club.
One of the station's most popular weekend shows follows with the long-standing
"The Barbara McFaddin Show." Wallace Coffey will be a guest in that hour, and
is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. He will share his experiences from natural history
and birding in the region, including Shady Valley and pitching the Bristol Bird
Club.
If you can't be with our outstanding BBC team at Natural Tunnel State Park this
Saturday joining the birdwalks sponosred by the BBC, then tune in and join the
BBC crowd on radio througout the morning. The FM station can be herd across
the Mountain Empire.
Applachian Trail Days features:
7-10 pm Contra Dance, Band from Seattle, WA, Jamie Laval Trio (U. S. Scottish
Fiddle Champion 2002) $6 admission in Rock School Auditorium
9-11pm Captives at Gazebo
The event includes stories and seminars, music and food, and vendors selling
ultralight hiking gear for aficionados and handcrafted goods and gadgets for
casual visitors.
Many through-hikers plan their entire adventure around this event.
At the intersection of the Virginia Creeper Trail and the Appalachian Trail,
many businesses cater to hiking and other outdoors enthusiasts.
If you are not at the big weekend for birding at Natural Tunnel State Park near
Duffield, VA on Saturday then tune in SuperTalk WFHG-WXBQ radio 980AM and
92.7FM.
Birdwalks at Natural Tunnel State Park will begin in front of the Cove Ridge
Center at 8:00am and 3:45pm Saturday, May 15th and 3:45pm Sunday, May 16th.
The walks will be along the birding trail that is across the road to the right
of the swimming
pool. The trail is about 1/2 mile in length and passes through several
types of habitats which allow viewing a variety of birds.
Bill Grigsby reminds all members to wear their BBC shirts. He reports that our
team for the event will be:
Saturday (8:00 AM)
Pat McFarlane
Nancy Necessary
Mary Erwin
Judy Roach
Dexter and Linda Newman
Mitch Moore
Bill Grigsby
Saturday (3:45 PM)
Mitch Moore
Bill Grigsby
Sunday (3:45 PM)
John Hay
Bill Grigsby
It is a good weekend for the BBC. Look with us or listen with us.
Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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