Dear friends I'm a former Board member of the TNC of TN and I want your vote (and you can vote every day this month)! Pepsi has a competition to fund various projects across the country. The competition consists of a public vote on their website to determine the projects most worthy of funding nationwide. <http://www.refresheverything.com/saveamericasbats> The TNC of TN project is called ³Save America¹s Bats,² and it¹s extremely innovative and timely. There is currently a devastating bat epidemic known as White Nose Syndrome that has just arrived in our state. It has killed virtually every bat is some northern caves. TNC wants to experiment with building an artificial bat cave to combat the problem. For details, you can visit their web page at nature.org/tennessee <http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/tennessee/features/ar t32688.html> The project will cost $250,000, and Pepsi will fund this project if it gets enough votes. It's easy. I registered and voted yesterday and this morning! (and I've not received any spam as a result!) Please vote for this revolutionary idea on the TNC Pepsi site: <http://www.refresheverything.com/saveamericasbats> Melinda Welton BirdWorks Consulting Franklin, TN (Hey, bats have wings, don't they?) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________