The Bristol Christmas Bird Count (Sullivan Co., TN and Washington Co. VA) will be held Sunday, Dec. 28 -- this weekend. Here are parties and the leaders for those of you who may want to join a party. Contact the leader of your choice right now if you want to make arrangements to join them. The leader will give you the meeting location, time and other details for their party. Party leaders will be Rick Knight, Wallace Coffey, Ron Carrico, Richard Lewis, Larry McDaniel and Bert Hale. Knight's <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Phone 423-282-5297 party (Area A) will include the southwest area of west Bristol, Steele Creek Park to the Holston River near Emmett. That party will include Knight and Tom McNeil. Coffey's <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx> party (Area B) will include east Bristol, Middlebrook Lake to the Weir Dam, lower South Holston Lake to Saddle Dam at Observation Knob Park. The party will include Coffey, Andy Jones, Mike Poe, Linda Newman, Dexter Newman and Rack Cross. Carrico's <aveprsut@xxxxxxxxxx> partyPhone 423- 968-2553 (Area C) includes the Flatwoods Area of the Cherokee National Forest along the foothills of Holston Mountain and some areas of South Holston Lake. The party will include Carrico and Rob Biller <MerlinZ02@xxxxxxx> Phone 423-647-3131 (cell). Lewis' <mountainbirds@xxxxxxxxx> party Phone 423-878-2505 (Area D) includes areas mostly northeast of Saddle Dam at Observation Park and South Holston Lake at Musick's Campground up the lake to Avens Bridge in Virginia. The party will include Lewis and Don Holt. McDaniel's <lmcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> party Phone 423-282-5182 (Area E) includes Jonesborough Rd. in Virginia and I-81 from about Battle High School north to Abingdon and the Wyndale Area north of I-81. The party includes McDaniel, Dave Worley, Janice Martin and Ruth Smith. Hale's <blhale@xxxxxxxx> party Phone 423-538-7650 (Area F) includes the area of Wallace, VA, all of Bristol Virginia, area north of the stateline to include Clear Creek Lake. The party includes Bert Hale, Lorraine Hale, Ken Hale and Bob Quillen. We are looking forward to another great count and all of you being involved. Let's go birding..... Wallace Coffey Bristol, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================