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2019 BBC Fall Retreat (and Membership Meeting)    (86th year)                                                                         October 18th ~ 20th
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Blackwater Falls State Park 

It's been five years since the BBC has visited Blackwater Falls State Park.  We're sure to enjoy the lodge's accommodations, the mountain views and the beautiful fall colors, along with the field trips and evening programs. 
​Blackwater
Falls State Park is located in Davis, West Virginia.

BBC Fall Retreat ~ Schedule of Activities: ​
Friday:
BBC Officers and Board Members there will be a Board Meeting starting at 3:00pm.
Check in can begin at the Blackwater State Park Lodge anytime after 3:00pm on Friday Oct. 18th..
​Time to relax and enjoy the surroundings with some old friends and new ones. 
Dinner will be at 6:30pm
Friday Night Program 7:30pm - Frank Izaguirre is the Books and Media Reviews Editor at Birding magazine and a PhD candidate in English at West Virginia University, where he is dissertating on how field guides have shaped environmental values in America. He also serves as a Technical Reviewer for Birder's Guide, has written for a number of other bird and nature-related magazines and journals, and has previously judged the writing module for the ABA's Young Birder of the Year Contest. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with his wife, Adrienne.
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Frank Izaguirre
Saturday:
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Early morning bird walk. (time TBA)
Breakfast 7:30am ~ 9:00am
Field Trips leave: 9:00am 
Late afternoon social gatherings
Dinner will be at 6:30pm
Saturday Night Program 7:30pm - Growing up in South Dakota, Nathan Pieplow got started identifying bird songs by studying the classic “Birding By Ear” field guides in the Peterson series. It wasn’t until 2003, when he faced the frustrations of studying sounds for his first trips to Mexico and Costa Rica, that he became dedicated to finding new and better ways to learn, describe, and catalog bird sounds. Along the way he became a sound recordist and an amateur ethologist (a student of animal behavior).
Nathan lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he teaches writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado. He is a former editor of the quarterly journal Colorado Birds and one of the developers of the Colorado County Birding Website and the Colorado Birding Trail. He is the author of The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds.
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Nathan Pieplow
Sunday: 
Early morning bird walk. (time TBA)
Breakfast 7:30am ~ 9:00am
Sunday Service 9:30am
​Annual Fall Brooks Bird Club Membership Meeting 9:30am ​

Weekend Costs:
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​Total cost for complete weekend: (includes lodging, meals and programs).
$189.00 based on double occupancy-------$282.00 based on single occupancy. 

​Total cost without lodging or breakfast:
​Includes all Friday, Saturday and Sunday activities (except lodging & breakfasts).
​Total cost per person $90.00  
​BBC Fall Retreat reservation deadline is September 30th, 2019


Option 1: Online Form                      Online form is open !​

After you fill out the BBC Fall Retreat application completely you can pay by PayPal or check. ​
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Please tally all costs then submit your total.
Pay now with PayPal  Just press the "Pay Now" button
​Then enter the amount due in the box marked "Price Per Item"

If paying by check--- Make check payable to: Brooks Bird Club Inc.
Mail to: 

Cindy Slater  2310 Cowling Road, Scottdale, PA 15683

Option 2: The old fashion way, download a Mail Form (PDF)

Contact Information
​Cindy Slater 
724-570-8502
mountaingirl127@gmail.com
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