This is an invitation to all area birders to participate in the Stones River National Battlefield's first annual International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) bird count on Saturday May 14. Park staff and volunteers have been working for several years to remove invasive exotic plant species and establish native grasses at the Fortress Rosecrans site, and results from this year's bird count will be used in conjunction with other inventory efforts to establish baseline references on bird diversity and abundance. Ultimately, data such as those collected at counts like this one can help park officials evaluate the effectiveness of different habitat restoration strategies. We will be meeting at the Fortress Rosecrans parking lot in Murfreesboro at 9:00 am. Please join us! For more information, please contact Terri Hogan, 615.893.9501 (terri_hogan@xxxxxxx). I hope to see many of you there! Laura McCall (Member, Highland Rim TOS) Laura Jennings McCall Outreach Coordinator MTSU Center for Environmental Education P.O. Box 60 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 tel: 615.904.8574 fax: 615.217.7865 =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================