After spending the weekend between the Birchwood School and the Hiwassee Refuge, I must say that I was very impressed with the cooperative efforts put forth by all those involved in making the Crane Celebration a great success. I am especially pleased with the group of volunteers from Chattanooga TOS who spent their weekend answering questions about birds and making sure that everyone got a good look at the cranes. And I want to thank Ken Dubke again for all he does to promote the birds and this event. I'm already looking forward to the Celebration next year and will do all I can to help make it the best yet. I am very interested in hearing your ideas for speakers for 2006. If you have suggestions or comments for TWRA about the Birchwood event, please call or write me. I'll make sure that your comments get heard by the right people. Thanks again to all involved! Mike Michael Roedel, State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 voice (615) 781-6653 fax (615) 781-6654 michael.roedel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.state.tn.us/twra =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================