Annual
Eagle Festival January 13 - 15, 2006
Reelfoot Lake State Park
3120 State Route 213
Tiptonville, TN 38079 Phone: 800-250-8617 or 731-253-7756
Eagle Festival: tours by tour bus and pontoon cruise, photography
tours and displays, scavenger hunts and arts and crafts.
800-250-8617
Beginning January 3, 2006 and continuing into March, the park
provides two-hour bus tours to observe bald eagles and other
waterfowl.
Each weekend in February Reelfoot Lake State Park offers a variety of
activities for visitors wishing to enjoy the eagles of Reelfoot Lake.
The Nashville Chapter extends an invitation to all TOS members
across the state to attend the 2006 Annual Meeting, to be held May
5-7. We welcome you to Music City to enjoy the Sights and Sounds of
Spring.
The meeting will be headquartered at the Steeplechase Inn located
at 5581 Franklin Pike Circle in Brentwood TN, off I-65 at Exit 74-A.
The hotel is holding rooms for TOS members through April 10, 2006.
Mention your TOS membership for special rates. Members are encouraged
to make reservations well in advance.
Our banquet speaker will be award winning nature photographer,
speaker, writer, and educator Bobby Harrison. Currently he is
associate professor and director of the Art Program at Oakwood
College in Huntsville, Alabama. His articles and photographs have
appeared in many calendars and magazines. Since February 2004 Mr.
Harrison has been engaged in the on-going Ivory-billed Woodpecker
research project in eastern Arkansas.
Field trips Saturday will include the locales you have grown to
know and love in the Nashville area such as Radnor Lake State Natural
Area, Shelby Bottoms and Beaman Park, a new 1,200 acre Metro/Davidson
County park. Sunday will provide an opportunity to check these areas
again, and explore others.
