Dates of Herndon Bird Club upcoming events, including ones planned at the club meeting this evening: 1. May Field Trips Saturday, May 16, from Sycamore Shoals, Elizabethton. Meet at 8 a.m. Trip leader: Bryan Stevens Monday evening, May 18. Evening trip for Prairie Warbler, Whip-poor-wills and Fireflies. Meet at Whites Shopping Center in Erwin at 6:00 p.m. Club members will eat at one of the food stands and car-pool for the field trip after dinner. 2. June meeting of the Herndon Bird Club--Tuesday evening, June 2 at 7 p.m. in the Science Building at Milligan College (usual place) Speaker: John Hay Topic: Birding in Chili, Part 2 3. Two routes of nightjar surveys will be run after the June 2 meeting. A third will be run a few days later, specifics yet to be determined. 4. Summer bird count--Carter County Saturday, June 5. Teams will be set up at the June 2 club meeting 5. Owl Prowls--planning will be done at the June meeting. 6. Club Picnic Saturday, July 11 with alternate date of Friday, July 10. More information will follow, pending availability of a pavilion at Rotary Park in Johnson City on the preferred (or altermate) date. The picnic will be held instead of a regular club meeting in July. 7. Club planning meeting in August. Date and place to be determined. This will be held instead of a regular club meeting in August. 8. Weekend field trip. Weekend of October 17-18. Birding in South Carolina. Mark it on your calendar--more information will follow. Roy Knispel Herndon Bird Club