[Bristol-Birds] Bryan Stevens presents BBC program and details for his newspaper column
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 01:32:14 -0400
The Bristol Bird Club met Tuesday, 20 May 2014, and heard Bryan Stevens tell
members
he is working with the staff of the Bristol Herald Courier newspaper to
begin publishing
his very-popular bird column in the Sunday editions.
Stevens said the first publication date appears to be the first Sunday in
June which would
actually be 1 June. He told members that, over the years, his column has
run regularly in
four newspapers of the region. One locally-tailored column is presently
running in the Erwin
Record. Until earlier this year, it had appeared for many years in the
Elizabethton Star
where he was a fulltime member of the news staff.
He said he would rely on bird photos he takes along with those already
provided the
newspaper and taken by Jean Potter of the Herndon TOS chapter at
Elizabethton.
He was in Bristol to present the club's May meeting program about birds of
Northeast
Tennessee. He has recently completed a big year effort to ID as many
species as he
could during a year in the five-county area of Northeast Tennnessee. He
was able to list 203 species. He said his best year came in 2000 when he
was able
to get 220 species.
Club members voted unanimously to accept the Nominating Committee's slate of
officers
for 2014-2015:
President Lois Cox
First Vice-President Kevin Blaylock
Second Vice-President Bill Grigsby (Program Chair)
Secretary Faye Wagers
Treasurer Judy Roach
BBC has three new members with two of them present for the meeting. Those
attending were Jennifer Matherly
of Kingsport and Jennifer Quinn of Scott Co., VA . A new member not
attending is Clancey Deel of Richlands,
VA.
President Lois Cox reminded everyone that the BBC annual picnic will be held
Saturday, June 7, at the Civitan Shelter
in Steele Creek Park. She said the facility has been reserved and the date
moved forward from July as it has been
in recent years. The picnic is planned for 3 p.m. and food will be served
as soon as it is ready. Kevin Blaylock
offered to do the cooking. More details on food, drinks and directions will
be posted later.
Cox also said that arrangements were underway to find leadership for the
annual fall hawk watch at the Mendota
Fire Tower lookout on Clinch Mountain. Tom Hunter has told her that his
health would not allow him to continue
to lead the effort. Ron Harrington, who has been the coordinator of the
count for many years, has agreed to
work with a group of birders who will take responsibility for attempting to
provide daily coverage during September
when the count is conducted. No one person has been designated to chair the
effort and a committee-type
approach appears to be the way it may be managed.
John Whinery presented ideas for various facets of managing the club's
internet activities including several new
approaches such as Twitter and Facebook. Cox will decide how BBC will begin
the process of looking into the
various aspects proposed.
BBC will hold a field trip 31 May to Breaks Interstate Park on the
Kentucky/Virginia line and details will follow on
Bristol-Birds. Cox said birders can check www.bristolbirdclub.org for dates
of field trips through July.
Treasurer Judy Roach reported the financial details of the club and noted
that state dues to the Tennessee
Ornithological Society for individual club members have been paid to the
society
Those attending the meeting included 20 persons (* indicates members who
were at the Mad Greek Restaurant for dinner):
Blake Logan, Adam Alley, Josh Alley, *Kevin Blaylock, *Wallace Coffey, *Mary
Erwin, Vicky Fry, *Jennifer Quinn,
John Whinery, Bill Grigsby, *Bryan Stevens, *David Thometz, *Judy Roach,
Faye Wagers, Ruth Clark, Mary Clark,
Jennifer Matherly, John Hay, *Lois Cox and *Wilma Boy.
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