Annual FALL TOS Meeting – September 26-28th – Elizabethton, TN

TOS FALL STATE MEETING

SEPTEMBER 26 – 28, 2025

The Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society invites you to the Fall State Meeting, which will be held September 26 – 28 in Johnson City, TN.

The meeting will begin on Friday evening at 6:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) with a bird walk and social at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. This bird walk will be conducted on the walking trails that run along the Watauga River. Following the walk, a social will be held from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the auditorium in the Sycamore Shoals Visitor’s Center. The social will provide an opportunity to mingle with fellow birders, and register for field trips. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be provided at the social. A registration table will also be available Saturday and Sunday morning at the hotel for anyone who is unable to attend the social Friday night.

The field trips scheduled for Saturday and Sunday mornings will focus on fall migration in the southern Appalachians, including field trips to Roan Mountain, Unaka Mountain, and Hampton Creek Cove.  Field trips to the Big Bald Banding station are also planned. In addition to breathtaking views from Big Bald, this trip will offer a unique opportunity to see fall warblers up close in the hand. A hawk watch station and raptor banding station are also run at this site. Due to the requirements of the banding station, this trip is weather dependent and space is limited.

A symposium and a Board of Directors meeting will be held Saturday afternoon at the Langston Centre in Johnson City. Researchers interested in presenting a paper at the symposium should contact Kim Stroud (kastroud@northeaststate.edu) by September 14.

A block of 20 hotel rooms is being held at the Sleep Inn in Johnson City, TN, until September 9. A special rate of $149.00 (plus taxes and fees) applies to this block of rooms until September 8; at that time rooms not booked return to general circulation. Call (423) 218–2373 to make reservations. Please specify the group block “Tennessee Ornithological Society” when making reservations. The group number for this block of rooms is UY6214. A registration form for the meeting is attached below.

TOS FALL MEETING 2025 REGISTRATION FORM

Name(s) _________________________________________________________________

Address _________________________________________________________________

Email _______________________________     Cell phone _________________________

TOS Chapter _________________________

Are you a member of the Board of Directors or a proxy for a director? ___________

 _______ Number of Registrations @ $10 per person

$ _______ Total amount enclosed.

Mail registration form and check to: Herndon TOS, PO Box 183, Elizabethton, TN 37644-0183

For questions contact: ElizabethtonBirdClub@gmail.com