[TN-Bird] Burke's Garden eagle trip reset

From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1-A TN-Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:37:38 -0400
The 13th Annual Bristol Bird Club's  Burke's Garden Golden Eagle Field Trip,
Tazewell Co., VA,  has been reset for this Saturday, March 1, and will get
underway from the ETSU-Bristol Campus
at 8 a.m.

We will meet other birders at the Abingdon First Bank & Trust parking lot on
U.S. 19 just off West Main at 8:30 a.m. (note that meeting time has been
moved an hour earlier).

We have 25 birders who  indicated they wished to attend the earilier planned
trip before weather caused us to reschedule.  Carpool arrangments
may be made at the meeting sites as needed.  

The following birders signed up to indicate their intent to participate in
the Burke's Garden 
Golden Eagle fieldtrip when it was originally set for Sat. Feb. 15: 

Rick Knight 
Bob Quillen 
Ron Harrington & 2 guests 
Allan Trently 
Dave Trently & Mia Trently 
Victoria Hanson 
Jerry Cunningham 
Rack Cross & 4 from family 
Tom & Jill Horsch 
Larry McDaniel 
Todd Eastin 
Don Holt 
Bill Grigsby 
Janice & Fred Martin 
Mary Jane Erwin 
Wallace Coffey 

We hope all of you and more will be able to go with us this
Saturday.

Dress warm for Burke's Garden and plan for very cold wind 

This has long been our most popular fieldtrip with many birders attending.
The garden is a high-elevation valley at 3,000 feet and the windchill  is
often brutal in winter.

In some years we have had as many as four Golden Eagles and three
Rough-legged Hawks. We may also expect Red-headed Woodpeckers, migrating
Red-tailed Hawks, Wilson Snipe, Green-winged Teal, and Pintail and goldeneye
have been found.  In addition we usually find severa Fox Squirrels.

We will stop briefly in Tazewell and grab a quick bite at Hardee's where we
sometimes have other birders waiting.  We then head over the mountain into
Burke's Garden.  A store in the valley often can provide us with lunch items
and a warm and clean bathroom. 
Of extreme importance is the need for very warm 
clothing, including gloves, hats, scarfs, boots and such.  Even when the
temperature is 40 or 50 degrees the wind can be very cold and difficult. 

If you have any question e-mail Wallace Coffey at jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx or
telephone (423) 764-3958.

If you have a family radio or two bring one along for car-to-car
communication.  There is no hiking on this trip.  All of the vast and
beautiful valley is very large farms with few houses and private land. 

We will return in mid to late afternoon.

Let me know about your plans so we can count on you one way or another.

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN




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