The Herndon Bird Club will have a field trip to the MAPS bird banding station on Round Bald on Saturday, May 24. Meet at the U.S. Forest Service Station in Unicoi at 7 a.m. (If you are coming from Johnson City, get off at the Unicoi Exit--exit 32--and turn left. The Forest Service Station will be up the hill on your right within a couple of blocks.) Participants will carpool to the parking lot near the banding station. There will be a hike (about half a mile) up hill to the banding station. Bring your lunch--the trip will last most of the day. You will have the opportunity to see how bird banding is done. There will be opportunities to photograph the banders as they work and to photograph banded birds. The trip will be led by Club Members Joe McGuiness and Kim Stroud. Please let Joe know if you plan to go on this trip--call him at 423-743-0065.
Report on the Nightjar Surveys: Sunday evening, May 11, the club conducted two nightjar surveys:
Milligan area survey: conducted by Joe McGuiness, Kim Stroud, Vern Maddox, and Charles Moore Results: 14 Chuck-will's-widows and 8 Whip-poor-wills heard during the 10 stops on the survey route
Dry Creek area survey: conducted by Don Holt, Kathy Noblet, and Chris SotoResults: 2 Chuck-will's-widows and 11 Whip-poor-wills heard during the 10 stops on the survey route
Thanks to Joe, Kim and Don for leading the surveys and to Vern, Charles, Kathy and Chris for participating.
Roy Knispel Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter, TOS Phone: 423-202-7802 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
begin:vcard fn:Roy Knispel n:Knispel;Roy tel;home:423-202-7802 tel;cell:920-203-0332 version:2.1 end:vcard
