Dear TN-Birders: The spring meeting is coming up fast!!! Remember that you only have = until April 9th to get your banquet fee sent in, so don't miss out on all the = fun! Keynote speaker Scott Weidensaul will be giving a presentation about = bird migration, based on his excellent book "Living On The Wind". Registration will take place from 6:00 pm-9:30 pm on Friday April 30th = at the Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden. This is a very = nice place to spend an evening and meet old (and new!) friends, so please = join us. There will be sign-up sheets for the field trips, maps of the area, = and other assorted goodies. Light refreshments will be served. On the subject of field trips, we have trips scheduled May 1 & 2 to = Craven's House (songbirds) led by Kevin Calhoon, Brainerd Levee (shorebirds, = wading birds) led by Clyde Blum, and Standifer Gap Marsh (wading birds, rails) = led by David Patterson. There also be a Saturday-only (May 1) trip to Baylor School (songbirds) led by Bonnie Johnson. All trips will leave from the EconoLodge at 7:30 am. There will be a compilation for all birds seen = over the weekend on Sunday (May 2) at 11:30 am at the EconoLodge. The TOS Board Meeting will be held at the University Center on the = campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Saturday, May 1, from = 12:00 pm-3:00 pm. I want to thank all the members of the Chattanooga Chapter of TOS for = all their hard work and dedication in putting this meeting together. We hope = to see everyone in a few weeks! David Aborn, President Chattanooga Chapter =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================