TN-Birders and TOS members: The Tennessee Ornithological Society winter meeting is this coming weekend Feb. 8, 9 & 10 Paris Landing State Park will be headquarters for outings Saturday and Sunday. There are still plenty of rooms available at Paris Landing Inn, winter rates apply, with coupon* ( reservations: 1 800 250-8614 coupon: 1 888 867-2757 ) Friday afternoon: check-in, 6:30 - 8:00 pm dinner and meet-and-greet - Inn Restaurant Saturday: field trip to Pace Point and other points of interest in Henry and Benton Counties. Mike Todd is familiar with the area and will be our guide to traditional best birding spots. 6:30 - 7:30am breakfast, Inn Restaurant (winter hours 6:30 am - 8 pm) 7:45 meet for car-pooling ** bring radio/walkie-talkie if you have one 8:00 depart for Pace Point 9:00 arrive Pace Point... ** bring snacks and/or lunch for long morning birding the area. Late lunch break in Big Sandy. Afternoon: Britton Ford etc. arriving back at Paris Landing between 5:30 & 6 pm. 6:30 - 8 pm dinner, compilation & and informal TOS "bull session" - Inn Restaurant Sunday: several field trip possibilities including Paris Landing Park, Ft. Donelson & Cross Creeks NWR for those sticking around and/or heading back east; on your own return to Britton Ford or other area from Saturday; Land Between the Lakes; Duck River NWR; or for those heading back west Hatchie NWR etc. The weather forecast looks fairly mild for the weekend, so no excuse, get off the internet and get out and see some birds! Hope to see you there. RICHARD CONNORS TOS President '07-'09 (615) 832-0521 home (615) 330-7142 cell **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) =================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 _____________________________________________________________