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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<montauk.pdf>> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">TO DVOC MEMBERS: Below are details on the Club's upcoming (Jan 17-19) Montauk/Long Island three-day trip. Birds now present </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">include</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Snowy Owls and Barrow's Goldeneyes, plus a Pink-footed Goose that eluded us last year (last year's trip report is attached above). There remain a couple spaces available for this trip. If interested please let me or Erica know as soon as you can. Thank you.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><U><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">DVOC 2009 Montauk/Long Island Trip</FONT></B></U><B></B></P>
<P><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">When</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: 6 A.M.</FONT><U> <FONT FACE="Courier New">SHARP</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">, Saturday, January 17, 2009 through<BR>
6 P.M. Monday, January 19, 2009<BR>
(Martin Luther King weekend)</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Meeting Point</FONT></U> <FONT FACE="Courier New">Silver Lake Nature Center (NEW LOCATION)<BR>
and 1306 Bath Road, Bristol, PA (Lower Bucks County)<BR>
</FONT><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Directions:</FONT></U> <FONT FACE="Courier New">Get off I-95 at Exit 40 (Route 413), go east a mile to a traffic light at Route 13. Go left (north) and go about 0.6 to a traffic light at Bath Rd. Turn left (northwest) about one mile to the Nature Center parking lots (on the right). </FONT></P>
<P><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">What to Bring</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: Your own towels and sleeping bags, scope & binocs, long underwear, winter boots, gloves, wool socks and sock liners and lots of layers of clothes</FONT></P>
<P><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Weather</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: High wind, cold, rain, or snow</FONT><U> <FONT FACE="Courier New">guaranteed</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">!</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Co­Leaders</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: Chris Walters (610-642-6862 cwalters@reedsmith.com) and Erica Brendel (215-844-3456 mbrendel@verizon.net)</FONT></P>
<P><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Lodgings</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: Bed & Breakfast on Shelter Island in Peconic Bay near Sag Harbor, NY</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Cost</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: Shared expenses. For two nights lodging, all transport, good cheer, morning coffee, muffins & bagels, we estimate costs of $130 per person. Dinners and lunches are “on your own.”</FONT></P>
<P><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Cancellations</FONT></U><FONT FACE="Courier New">: Any participant canceling, please notify Chris or Erica ASAP.</FONT>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><U><FONT FACE="Courier New">Unanswered Questions</FONT></U></P>
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<LI><FONT FACE="Courier New">Will we again find alcids like Razorbills (last 4 years) Thick-billed Murre (four times), or Dovekie (twice)?</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Courier New">Will we again find Western vagrants like Townsend’s Solitaire (2008), Rufous Hummingbird (2007), Western Kingbird (2007), Harris’ Sparrow (2005), Dickcissel (2001), White-fronted Goose (2006, 2007), Red-necked Grebes (4 of last 6 years), Eared Grebe (1996), Varied Thrush (1995), Black-billed Magpie (1991), Lark Sparrow (1995, 1997), Black Brant (1998), or Sandhill Crane (1995)? </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Courier New">Will we find Black-headed Gull (2008), Little Gull (1993, 2002), Glaucous Gull (1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006), Iceland Gull (13 of last 19 years) or Kittiwake (1991, 1998, 2002)?</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Courier New">Will we find more European vagrants like Pink-footed Goose (present 2009), Spotted Redshank (1993, 1994), Lapwing (1995), or Tufted Duck (1992, 1995, 1999, 2001)?</FONT></LI>
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