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The Georgia
Ornithological Society's (GOS) mission is to encourage the scientific study
of birds by gathering and disseminating information on Georgia bird life.
GOS actively promotes bird conservation by encouraging the preservation of
habitats that are vital to the survival of resident and migratory birds. The
GOS also gives scholarships, produces scientific publications, and provides
fellowship among those interested in nature.
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The GOS was founded in Atlanta in 1936, with Roger
Tory Peterson, who happened to be in Atlanta for a talk for the Atlanta Bird Club, in
attendance. From the beginning, the GOS provided for both recreational and
scientific birding, with the quarterly publication, the GOShawk as the newsletter
and The Oriole as the scientific ornithological journal. Two meetings were held
each year in various parts of Georgia, with a weekend of birding, fellowship and the
reading of scientific papers. Over a dozen occasional papers were published through the years,
together with bird lists and The Birder's Guide to Georgia (current revision is
number thirteen). As members began to see bird habitat destroyed, they began to take more
interest in the preservation of bird habitat and the protection of rare and endangered
species. They also began providing scholarships for bird study. TOP
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general membership
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General membership meetings are
held semi-annually in the winter and spring. The meetings generally last from Friday evening through Sunday
or Monday mid-day and feature evening presentations of interest to the
birding community and field trips conducted by experienced birders familiar
with the areas in which the meetings are held. Meetings to be held in 200
are as follows:
Meeting Schedule for 2010
Winter Meeting
15 - 18 Jan 2010
Tybee Island, GA
Spring Meeting
16 - 18 April 2010
Athens, GA
Visit the GOS Meetings
Page for more information.
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Dr. Bob Sargent
President
1263 Clairmont Place
Macon, GA 31204
(478) 397-7962
president AT gos.org |
Bill
Lotz
1st V. P.
4140 N. Broadland Rd., NW
Atlanta, GA 30342-3610
(404) 261-1906
1st-vp AT gos.org |
Dan Vickers
2nd V. P.
5249 Beech Forest Drive
Lilburn, GA 30047
(770) 923-4927
2nd-vp AT gos.org |
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Darlene Moore
Secretary
1656 Reserve Way
Decatur, GA 30033
(404) 633-9361
secretary AT gos.org |
Jeannie
Wright
Treasurer
3851 Ashford Trail
Atlanta, GA 30319-1894
(770) 451-1518
treasurer AT gos.org |
Ashley Harrington
Business Manager
18385 Highway 74
Culloden , GA 31016
(478) 885-2602
b-mgr AT gos.org |
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Dr. Sara Schweitzer
Editor - The Oriole
D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2152
(706) 542-1150
oriole AT gos.org |
Dr.
Bob Sargent
Editor - The Oriole
1263 Clairmont Place
Macon, GA 31204
(478) 397-7962
oriole AT gos.org |
Malcolm F. Hodges Jr.
Chair Editorial Committee
7690 Lyle Dr.
Riverdale, GA 30296
(770) 997-1968
editor AT gos.org |
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Dr.
Jim Ferrari
Editor - GOShawk
444 Ashley Place
Macon, Georgia 31204
(478) 757-0293
goshawk AT gos.org |
Patti Newell
Co-Chair Membership Committee
D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2152
(225) 939-8112
membership AT gos.org |
Cathy Ricketts
Co-Chair Membership
Committee
D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2152
(404) 406-9348
membership AT gos.org |
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Giff Beaton
Chair Checklist and
Records Committee
320 Willow Glen Dr.
Marietta, GA 30068
(770) 509-1482
records AT gos.org |
Mark
Beebe
Chair Earth Share
of Georgia Committee
2069 Mills Lane
Marietta GA 30060-4917
(770) 435-6586
esg AT gos.org |
Dr. Renée Carleton
Chair Education Committee
2277 Martha Berry Highway NW
Box 430
Mount Berry, GA 30149
(706) 238-5892
education AT gos.org |
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<Vacant>
Past President
past-president AT gos.org |
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Steve Holzman
Chair Conservation
Committee
349 Jefferson Rd.
Bishop, GA 30621
(706) 613-9493 ext 229
conservation AT gos .org |
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Phil Hardy
Historian
(non-voting member)
(229) 924-2043
historian AT gos.org |
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James
F. Flynn Jr.
Webmaster
(non-voting member)
6360 Lillie Lane
Cumming, GA 30040
(770) 886-6029
webmaster AT gos.org |
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Editorial |
Malcolm
Hodges, Bob Sargent, Ken Blankenship |
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Conservation |
Nico Dauphine, Brad Bergstrom,
Steve Holzman |
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Checklist and Records |
Giff Beaton,
Ty Ivey, Steve Barlow, Pierre Howard, Walt Chambers, James F.
Flynn Jr. |
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Earle R. Greene Award |
John
Swiderski (Chairman), Giff Beaton, Terry Moore |
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Education |
Bob Sargent,
Tim Keyes |
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H. Branch Howe, Jr. Grants |
Les
Davenport (Chairman), Emil Urban, Georgann Schmalz |
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Bill Terrell Grants |
Joe
Meyers, Steve Holzman, Todd Schneider |
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Finance Committee |
Jeannie
Wright, Bill Lotz, Bob Sargent, Joe Pugh, Jim Valentine |
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Rare Bird Alert |
Jeff Sewell |
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Opportunity Grants |
Mark Beebe,
Jeannie Wright, Dan Vickers |
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Avian Conservation Grants |
Dan Vickers,
Bob Sargent, Jim Ferrari, Jeannie Wright, Mark Beebe, Bob Cooper |
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Rare Bird Alert
Transcriptions |
Steve
Barlow, Jim Flynn,
Mark McShane, Larry Russell, Lois Stacey |
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