The May meeting of the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society will be held Thursday May 11 ant 7:00pm. This month's speakers are John and Dale Stokes of "Save Our American Raptors" (SOAR). John and Dale will present a live raptor show featuring a variety of species of birds of prey that will be flown during the presentation. John and Dale's considerable expertise combined with their live specimens promises to make this an exciting program suitable for bird enthusiasts of all ages. So, bring the Kids to this one! Preceeding the main speaker, Dr. David Aborn, ornithologist from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga will present the Bird-of-the-Month. This month's bird is the Field Sparrow. And, light refreshments will be served to close the program. As always, visitors are welcome. Meetings are held at Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Rd (take the Germantown exit from I-24 and go South on Germantown road a few blocks to the church on your right). For more information call Dave Vogt at 423/785-4036. Dave Vogt Chattanooga, TN =================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 __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________