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MARK YOUR CALENDARS & PLAN TO ATTEND!
The
Georgia Ornithological Society's
GOS FALL MEETING
October 8-10, 2010
Jekyll Island, Georgia
The
society’s fall meeting returns this year following an
eight-year hiatus. Come join us on beautiful Jekyll
Island, site of our former traditional fall meeting
location, for three days of superb programs, birding,
and fellowship. You do not have to be a member of GOS to
participate! The meeting is scheduled for Friday,
October 8, through Sunday, October 10, 2010, and we’ll
be headquartered at Villas by the Sea on the north end
of the island. If you’re a fan of the coastal festivals
and have never been to a GOS fall meeting, you might be
wondering if this will be a much less activity-filled
event. Rest assured, we will be offering most of the
same great field trips you’ve come to expect on that
weekend, including multi-day opportunities to bird some
of the most popular islands, and trip participants will
be guided by the same gifted leaders you’ve come to
know. And, as always, the meeting that weekend will
feature a dinner banquet and outstanding guest speakers.
Unlike our winter and spring meetings, this meeting will
offer a full slate of field trips on Friday, and a
social at the hotel that evening. The Friday evening
program will be capped off with a presentation about
Wild Turkeys by Dallas Ingram, a recipient of an H.
Branch Howe Research Grant from GOS in 2007. The
Saturday evening program will feature noted field guide
author and birder extraordinaire Jon Dunn. Jon grew up
in California, where he became a birder at age eight, an
event triggered, he says, by the life-altering
appearance of a bright male Hooded Oriole in his garden.
Jon has extensive knowledge of the identification and
distribution of North American birds and is widely
published in ornithological journals. He has also long
been interested in Asian avifaunas. Jon has been chief
consultant and editor for all five editions of the
National Geographic Society’s Field Guide to the Birds
of North America. He is the cowriter and host of the
two-video set Large and Small Gulls of North America, as
well as co-author (with Kimball Garrett) of Birds of
Southern California: Status and Distribution. He is the
author of the Peterson Field Guide to Warblers and
coauthored (with Steve Howell) the Gulls of the
Americas. Jon is a member of the Committee on
Classification and Nomenclature of the American
Ornithologists’ Union and the ABA Checklist Committee,
and he has served more than 20 years on the California
Bird Records Committee. Most importantly, everyone who
has ever heard him speak raves about his exceptional
teaching skills.
Make plans now to spend this October weekend with GOS.
We’ll soon provide more details, including a list of
field trips and registration information, on our website
(www.gos.org) and via listservers. See you on the coast!
Hotel Information
Villas by the Sea
1175 N. Beachview Drive
Jekyll Island, GA 31527
800-841-6262
One-bedroom Villa - $119 Islandside, $129 Oceanside (1
queen bed)
Two-bedroom Villa - $149 Islandside, $159 Oceanside (1
queen & 2 twin)
Three-bedroom Villa - $179 Islandside, $189 Oceanside (1
king, 1 queen & 2 twins)
Mini-Villa - $99 Islandside (1 queen bed)
7%
Sales Tax, 5% Hotel Occupancy Tax & 5% Resort Fee are
additional to the room rate
2
night minimum required
Registrations must be received by September 22, 2010
(Note: date has been extended from Sept 8 to Sept
22)
Check-in - 4:00pm, Check-out - 11:00am
Meeting Announcement & Reservation Form
Field Trip
Information
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