[Bristol-Birds] Dr. John Moyle named 1996 Birder of the Year
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:48:07 -0500
Dr. John Moyle, an active member of the Bristol Bird Club, has been named
the 1996 Birder of the Year. The award was presented Friday evening at the BBC
annual Christmas Party held in Kingsport, TN.
Moyle organized and is guided a group from the BBC and the region on a
filed trip to Trinidad and Tobago this past July. Dr. Moyle, who is on the
board of directors of the famous Asa Wright center which is a world-class
natural history destination for students of tropical ecology and of particular
interest to birders. In 1999, AUDUBON magazine selected the Centre as one of
just nine eco-lodges worldwide that it considered one of "The World's Ultimate
Outposts."
He had an active year birding and made a second trip to Trinidad this year
as well as birded South Carolina and Georgia and achieved the American Birding
Association's threshold state list in South Carolina.
He took part in area Christmas Bird Counts during the year, presented a
program to the BBC, regularly birded in the region and monthly posted his
birding results to this list. He and his wife Polly also hosted the BBC annual
Christmas Party at his home in Kingsport.
Their son, Dr. Robert Moyle, is an ornithology graduate from LSU and was
employed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York before taking a
faculty position at the University of Kansas.
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