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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

Field Trip Reservation Form