The Bristol Bird Club's Burke's Garden Golden Eagle Field Trip for Saturday, Feb. 15, has been CANCELLED due to developing weather and a most unfavorable Saturday forecast. BBC Vice-President Larry McDaniel called early this afternoon to discussed the plans. Larry felt the trip should be called off and I agree. The fieldtrip will again be an agenda item at the BBC's regular monthly meeting Tuesday (Feb. 18). We will reschedule according to the wishes of the membership. The National Weather Service is calling for up to 4 inches of rain with river and streams flooding during the next 48 hours. Larry said reports have heavy snowfall at this hour in the region we would be traveling into. There was already snowcover remaining in the garden. Some of the heaviest and most constant rains are predicted for Saturday. This is no weather to search for Golden Eagles, Rough-legged Hawks and other desirable species in Burke's Garden at 3,000 feet elevation. We'll go birding next time.... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================