Bristol Bird Club Members and friends: It is just five (5) days until our annual Bristol Bird Club Christmas party. I hope you are planning what you are bringing and are anticipating a good time to be had by all. The festivities will begin at 6:30 P.M., Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the home of Kevin and Kami Blaylock in Bristol, VA. If you wish to participate in the fun gift exchange (variously called a Chinese gift exchange, a Yankee gift exchange, or Gift Grab), please bring a gift from each person in your party. Each gift should cost between $5 and $10. The gifts should not be gender specific. Do NOT put a name on the gifts but DO either wrap them or put them in gift bags. Please bring one dish for each person in your party. We enjoy good food, good fellowship, and a fun time. Come join us and feel free to bring guests who may be interested in joining us. For your GPS the address for the Blaylocks is 24199 Redstone Drive, Bristol, VA 24202. Phone 423-943-5841 if you get lost. If you are not using a GPS or if you just like to have a backup, here are directions. From King College Road, near Holston View Elementary School, turn into Redstone Subdivision on Brookwood Drive. Take the first right onto Redstone Drive. Go 0.7 mile on Redstone Dr, you will pass Middlebrook Lake on your right. The Blaylock’s driveway is on the right almost at the dead-end of Redstone Dr. Drive up the hill through the double gates. Quick tip: Look for a large yellow “For Sale” sign along the right of the road for some acreage and their driveway is directly after the yellow sign. If it is convenient for you to carpool, that would be helpful. Plan to stay around to help with the cleanup. Kevin and Kami have a professional ice maker so we do not need to bring extra ice. Also they will make sweet tea and John and Polly are going to bring unsweet tea. Some may want to bring a 2L soft drink. Paper products, trash bags, and plastic utensils are provided by the club. Please put your name on any serving utensils which you bring to assure that you get them back. Remember: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, at 6:30 P.M. Lois Cox ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST MENDOTA HAWK MIGRATION DAILY AND SEASON TOTALS CAN BE FOLLOWED DAILY ON THE HAWK MIGRATION ASSOC. SITE http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsitep6&PHPSESSID²eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org 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. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****