On Saturday 3 May, 13 members of the Memphis chapter of TOS participated in a all day Bird Study Merit Badge Class held at the Town of Collierville's Nature Center Boardwalk in Johnson Park. Special recognition goes out to Kathie Holder who organized the day long event that saw just over 100 boy scouts become introduced to the pastime of bird watching. Members who led hikes and instructed the boys are: Lisa Jorgensen, Beth Joerger, Dick Preston, Jerry McKenna, Camille Vancil, Susan Davis, Margaret Jefferson , Fred Carney, Greg Elliott, Sheila Bentley, Theresa Graham, and myself. Mississippi Kites, Great Egrets, Prothonotary Warblers and a Chinese Brown Goose(good example of an exotic) were just a few of the many springtime birds seen during the day where the boys were introduced to Birding basics, Binocular use, Sight and audible identification skills, Field guide usage and several other related topics. Thanks go out to all who participated and spent the time to share our pastime with these young men and hopefully many future birders. John "Jay" Walko Collierville, Tn http://www.pbase.com/jwalko =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________