Subject: Birding Field Trip to Rankin Bottoms (Cocke County-Douglas Lake) Hosted by: Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society Date: Saturday, August 27, 2005 Meeting Time: 1:00pm Meeting Location: Johnson City K-Mart (Parking Lot Near the Gardening Center) Participants: Anyone interested!!!!!! Are you still trying to decide what your plans are this weekend? How about taking some time out to go birding at Rankin Bottoms! The Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society is hosting a field trip on Saturday, August 27, 2005 to Rankin Bottoms at Douglas Lake. Participants should meet at Johnson City K-Mart (Gardening Center Parking Lot) at 1:00pm. From K-Mart, we will carpool to our destination. Recent sightings in the area include several species of shorebirds, White Ibis, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Caspian Tern, and Prothonotary Warbler. A Rankin Bottoms excursion can be quite "hot and muddy", so dress accordingly. If you have any questions you can contact me (Tom McNeil) at 423-360-2970. Hope to see you there! Tom Thomas S. McNeil Elizabethton, TN tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 423-360-2970 (H) 423-354-2487 (W) ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 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 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 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****