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GOS WINTER MEETING
Tybee Island, GA
15-18 January 2010
The Winter 2010 Meeting of the Georgia Ornithological
Society will be held on Tybee Island, Georgia, from
Friday, January 15, through Monday, January 18, 2010.
Please note that this is the Martin Luther King Holiday
Weekend. Our headquarters hotel is the Ocean Plaza Beach
Resort (see details below). The registration desk will
open in the lobby of that hotel at 5:00 PM on Friday,
January 15, 2010.
Dinner on Friday is on your own. The Friday night
program will begin at 7:30 PM and will be presented by
Mr. Jim Cox, of Tall Timbers Research Station. Jim will
present a program based on his research entitled
“Lightning-Season Burning: Friend or Foe of Breeding
Birds?” Following Jim’s presentation there will be a
description of all the field trips, as well as an
opportunity to sign up for any field trips that are not
already full.
Field trip destinations on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
will include Tybee Island North Beach, Fort Pulaski
National Monument, Savannah NWR, “near-shore” pelagic
trips, Little Tybee Island, Savannah “Hotspots,”
Glennville Water Treatment Facility and Harris Neck NWR.
There is a reservation form included with the
registration packet, and field trips should be reserved
in advance. You will need to send in your field trip
request (and check, if applicable) with your meeting
registration. The field trips will be filled in the
order that reservations are received. If your first,
second or third choices of field trips are not
available, you will be contacted prior to the meeting.
(You may still sign up for those field trips that are
not full and do not require advance reservations and
payment after the program on Friday evening, January
15.)
A Poster Session will be held at the Ocean Plaza Beach
Resort from 5:00 to 7:00 on Saturday afternoon. The
Social Hour will begin on Saturday at 6:00 PM, and the
Banquet will start at 7:00 PM. Our featured speaker will
be Dr. Sidney Gauthreaux from Clemson University. Dr.
Gauthreaux is recognized as the first person to apply
the use of radar in understanding avian migration. His
presentation will focus on recent advancements in
thermal imagery and radar technology and how this has
greatly benefited the study of bird migration.
After the field trips on Sunday there will be a
“Flocking” at the Ocean Plaza Beach Resort from 5:00
until 6:30 PM. (What is a “Flocking”? We borrowed this
idea from the Florida Ornithological Society. It is an
informal gathering where our members present slides of
their birding trips from around the world.) Light
refreshments will be available. There will be A/V
equipment provided; just bring your memory stick or CD
of photos. Please contact Bill Lotz or Dan Vickers
(contact information is listed below) if you plan to
present at the Flocking. Sunday dinner is on your own.
Meeting Registration: Register for this meeting by
mailing the registration form to the GOS 2nd Vice
President, Dan Vickers (his address is on the form). The
deadline for receipt of the meeting registration is
January 8, 2010.
Please make your own arrangements for lodging. Our
official hotel is the Ocean Plaza Beach Resort,
Oceanfront at 15th Street, Tybee Island, GA 31328, (912)
786-7777. The room rate is $74.00 per night for Poolside
rooms and $94.00 per night for Oceanside rooms. There is
a 13% tax added to the room rate. (A block of rooms is
being held under Georgia Ornithological Society until
3:00 PM on December 31, 2009). To ensure a room at the
group rate, reservations should be made by this date.
When making your reservation, identify yourself as a
member of the GOS group party.
For additional information regarding programs or field
trips, contact Bill Lotz at (404) 261-1906, or e-mail
blotz@mindspring.com. For more information
concerning registration or lodging, contact Dan Vickers
at (770) 235-7301, or e-mail
dvickers@mindspring.com.
GOS SPRING MEETING
Athens, GA
16-18 April 2010 |
