I was impressed by the message we got from Dr. Smith at the last spring meeting held in Bristol (the year escapes me) when he chastised the birding community for not supporting habitat conservation compared to the hunting community. Of course he was correct, and it sounds like we got the message. The Duck Stamp is a great thing, and I am sure the Ivory-bill Stamp will also be a big success. I would also like to encourage everyone to purchase Tennessee Wildlife Stamps. The proceeds go to habitat conservation and they stay in Tennessee. This year's stamp features a Carolina Wren. A block of four looks pretty good matted and framed! For more information see the TWRA website. http://www.state.tn.us/twra/0789_color.pdf Dan Mooney Knoxville, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================