Please see details on the March meeting of Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society below. David Vogt Chattanooga, TN The Chattanooga Chapter of The Tennessee Ornithological Society, Welcomes visitors to its monthly meetings The March meeting will be held 7:00 pm Thur. March 9 when Ron Hoff will speak on: Pelagic Birding in New Zealand Dollyann Myers and Ron Hoff took an incredible 20 day pelagic trip with Heritage Expeditions In December, 2004, to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia. The trip produced sightings of many species of albatrosses, penguins, and seabirds in general, in addition to visiting 7 island groups seldom seen by most birders. Ron's program with cover the highlights of the trip with many bird photos. This program comes highly recommended so don't miss Ron's presentation Bird-of-the-Month Brown Pelican A wonderful bird is the pelican, It's bill can hold more than it's belly can. It can hold in it's beak, Enough food for a week. But, I'll be damned if I know how the hell he can. By Dixon Merit, co-founder of TOS Jane Rollins will give a short presentation on this "wonderful bird" before the main program Light refreshments will be served Our group meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00pm at Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Rd (Just South of I-24 in East Ridge) (The Tennessee Ornithological Society boasts a 90 year history of bird study in TN and offers regular field trips and programs focused on wild birds. Our organization also participates in a variety of bird research projects, bird counts and conservation projects. We welcome visitors and new members of all levels of expertise. For more information call: Dave Vogt at 423/877-8129 or dfv@xxxxxxxxxx) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________