Bristol Birders I am humbled to have been chosen the 2002 Birder of the Year by the Bristol Bird Club. The award given at tonight's Christmas celebration held at the Fred and Janice Martin residence was a tremendous highlight to an evening my wife, oldest daughter and I had already completely enjoyed. My thoughts closely parallel the sentiments so well spoken by Ron Harrington to begin our evening as he mentioned the activity of birding is enjoyable as we observe God's special creatures and our birding experience is made meaningful by sharing this activity with others and forging relationships with birders. Thank you all for allowing us to share our birding experiences with you. Merry Christmas Rack Cross ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958