Early Bird Registrants for 2013 Bluebird Season Kickoff & FUNdraising Auction in Kerrville (February 9, 2013) receive TEN free door prize chances. Early Bird deadline is Tuesday, January 9th The event is presented by Texas Bluebird Society and open to the public. Online Registration: www.rsvpbook.com/2013Kickoff Registration Form /Flier: 2013Kickoff.texasbluebirdsociety.org (includes details) Advanced Registration remains open through Saturday, January 26th. Will you, please, donate an item or gift certificate for the Silent Auction? EVERY dollar raised will purchase lumber for nestboxes (which will be constructed by volunteers). Send questions to auctions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Mail items to arrive by January 26th: Benni Konvicka 1315 N. Dale Ave Stephenville TX 76401 A few details, for your convenience: 2013 Season Kickoff in Kerrville Saturday, February 9, 2013 Inn of the Hills Conference Center 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 a.m.) Featured Speakers: Mark Klym - Wildlife Biologist and author with Texas Parks and Wildlife ---Wildscaping Options for Bluebird Enthusiasts ---Seasonal Movement of Bluebirds John English - Photographer and Texas Master Naturalist ---Photographing Cavity-Nesting Birds Other Presentations: ---Bluebird Basics, House Sparrow Control, NestWatching, and more We still have openings for Show & Tell Presentations, 1 - 5 minutes (related in some way to "bluebirds or other small secondary cavity nesting birds.) Contact: pauline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FREE Nestbox (at the event) for each new $15 Texas Bluebird Society Membership. FREE Nestbox to members who pledge to "NestWatch" at least two nestboxes (submit observations to Cornell Lab of Ornithology through www.NestWatch.org) Yes, you read it correctly. A new member who commits to NestWatch'ing will walk away with two FREE nestboxes. $20 Advanced Registration includes hot lunch and door prize chance(s) $6 At-the-Door Registration include neither lunch nor door prize chance. For details, contact: Jeri Porter, Local Event Coordinator, jeripster@xxxxxxxxx, (512) 773-1076 Pauline Tom, Texas Bluebird Society President, pauline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (512) 523-5678 Pauline Tom Mountain City TX Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner