[TN-Bird] Georgia Society to meet at Milledgeville

From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 19:05:52 -0400
Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS)  Meets in Historic Milledgeville
The GOS Spring Meeting will take place April 23-25 in the former capitol
city of Georgia and current home of Georgia College and State University.

GOS will be based at the Holiday Inn Express at 1839 N Columbia St.
(478-454-9000), and the registration desk will open an hour earlier than
usual (at 2:00 p.m.) so attendees can meet Dr. Bob Chandler at 4:00 p.m. for
a tour of the university campus.  Bob's walking tour will showcase the
Biology Department, ornithological artifacts and manuscripts collection, the
campus' impressive library facilities, and other points of interest.  GOS 
reserved a block of rooms at the hotel for a special GOS rate until April 1, 
but you can ask the management if they will still be willing to honor the rate. 
 Nothing is assured about that rate since the April 1 deadline has past. Make 
your reservation soon.   

The Friday night program will start at 7:30 p.m. and will feature Dr. Alan
Feduccia, the S. K. Heninger Professor in the Biology Department of the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  Alan will present a program
called "Bird Evolution's Big Bang" in the meeting room of the Holiday Inn
Express.  The Saturday lineup of field trips features some of the best
birding locations in east central Georgia including Beaverdam Wildlife
Management Area, Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, Ocmulgee National
Monument, Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area, Baldwin Forest, Gauthier
Preserve, Lake Laurel and Lake Sinclair.  Registration for field trips will
be done by filling out sign-up sheets following the Friday evening program.
Leaders for the Saturday field trips will describe their trip destinations
Friday night, including habitat information, species to expect, and special
needs for trip participants.  Among the species they expect to see during
these field trips are Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW), Bachman's Sparrow,
Swainson's Warbler, and a variety of other Neotropical migrants.

Saturday afternoon will feature a first for GOS: an ornithological paper
session from 3:00 to 5:00, presented by scientists and graduate students who
conduct research in Georgia.  Speakers will give 15-minute presentations
(mostly PowerPoint) on bird conservation, management techniques, and unique
studies such as the search for avian fossils in the Southeast.  This paper
session will give GOS members an opportunity to meet current and future
scientists in the field of ornithology, and to learn about the remarkable
work being done on behalf of bird conservation in Georgia.  

The Saturday evening social hour will begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by the
banquet at 7:00 p.m.  The program for that evening will feature one of GOS's 
own: Dr. Sara Schweitzer, professor in the Warnell School of Forest
Resources at the University of Georgia.  Sara has recently had the
opportunity to teach and lecture in Europe, and will give a presentation on
bird conservation efforts and conservation groups of Bulgaria and Croatia.
As always, the Saturday program will conclude with a description of the
Sunday field trips and the species countdown.

The Sunday field trips lineup includes Beaverdam Wildlife Management Area,
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area and
Lake Juliette, Baldwin Forest, Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, and
Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center.  Highlights to be expected include
Neotropical migrants, especially warblers that inhabit wetlands, RCW's,
wading birds, and Bachman's Sparrow.  As always, the field trips will be led
by some of the most talented birders in Georgia.  

For additional information regarding programs or field trips, contact Bill
Lotz at (404) 261-1906, or e-mail blotz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  For additional
information concerning registration or lodging, contact Anne Mursch at (678)
445-5106, or e-mail rturnstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

GOS looks forward to seeing you in Milledgeville!
 
The GOS website is http://www.gos.org/meetings.html

This is posted on behalf of the GOS.

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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