PCOGS - INFORMATION FOR 2014 ANNUAL MEETINGRITZ CARLTON, DOVE MOUNTAIN, MARANA, ARIZONA

OCTOBER 22-26, 2014

Ritz Carlton – Dove Mountain Resort

Please find below a summary of the events and activities planned for the 2014 annual meeting.  All of this information is available on the Society’s web site.(www.pcogs.org)   Click on the “Meetings” tab.  There are several links regarding the resort and local area.  The information below is under the link “Meeting Activities”.  It is not necessary to be logged on to the web site to access this information.

The Ritz-Carlton-Dove Mountain Resort is a destination resort. Car rental is recommended. The resort is approximately 40 minutes from the Tucson International Airport (recommended airport) and, 90 minutes from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

 See you in Dove Mountain! Sign up for the activities/events listed in this email is through Survey Monkey.  The link to Survey Monkey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CJHQ9ZM

Please complete the Survey Monkey to assist the Program Chair and committee in the planning of the Society events and activities. Resorts and venues are requiring expected attendance numbers in advance. Signing up through Survey Monkey helps to control costs for Society sponsored events. Your cooperation is appreciated.

BIRDING

All birding trips start and end from the hotel lobby. Participants will carpool to a variety of locations. We hope to see a variety of birds. Both events return to hotel in time for evening events. Must provide own binoculars.

DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY 9:00am-3:30pm, October 22nd, 2014

DATE AND TIME: FRIDAY 1:00pm - 4:00pm, October 24th, 2014

Activity Coordinators: Bill Parer and Melanie Plaut

Please contact Melanie Plaut with questions regarding this activity.Email: melanie.plaut@gmail.com Phone: (503)544-8227

Birding in Southeast Arizona in October – from Tucson Audubon Society web site -

October

As the days shorten and cool, desert residents briefly sing again; listen for thrashers, wrens — and relieved people! October offers the

best chance for vagrant passerines from the east. Scour the migrant traps. As shorebirds dwindle duck numbers build. Black-bellied

Whistling-Ducks often mass at Nogales ponds. Western (and a few Clark’s) Grebes turn up in small numbers. Wintering hawks arrive in

numbers; check Sulphur Springs and Avra valleys. Wintering Anna’s Hummingbirds arrive as summer breeding hummers depart.

Lawrence’s Goldfinches may be in every weed patch in a good year, absent in others. By month’s end nights are cool enough that most

of the late migrant passerines are in the lowlands or mid-level canyons. Yellow-rumped Warblers invade.

CYCLING

DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY am, October 22nd, 2014

DATE AND TIME: FRIDAY pm, October 24th, 2014

Bike rentals will be provided by Roadrunner Bicycles. The bicycles will be delivered to the resort.

Two type bikes will be offered –

Hybrid $70 a day

Road $80 a day

Road rides are planned, an easy and a harder option.

DEADLINE FOR SIGN UP IS AUGUST 22

Activity Coordinator: Dean Coonrod Email: dcoonrod1@cox.netPhone: 602-361-6949

GOLF

DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY am, October 22nd, 2014Dove Mountain course

DATE AND TIME: FRIDAY pm, October 24th, 2014Dove Mountain course

Activity Coordinator/s: Mike Kettel and Jim Mouer

Please contact Ken Welch with questions regarding this activityEmail: kcwmd1@gmail.com Phone: 602-478-7837

HIKING

DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY am, October 22nd, 2014

DATE AND TIME: FRIDAYpm, October 24th, 2014

Additional information will be available closer to the meeting. Please contact the activity coordinator below with questions.

Activity Coordinator: Peg Welch Email: pegret1@mac.comPhone: 480-620-1860

JEEP DESERT TOURS

$85.00 per person

DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY 8:00 am-10:30 am*, October 22nd, 2014

DATE AND TIME: FRIDAY 1:00 pm- 3:30 pm*, October 24th, 2014

Tours will be provided by Trail Dust Adventures - www.traildustadventures.com

*Tours are approximately 2 ½ hours in length

DEADLINE FOR SIGN UP IS AUGUST 22

Activity Coordinator: Peg Welch Email: pegret1@mac.comPhone: 480-620-1860

BOOK CLUBDATE AND TIME: FRIDAY, October 24, 2014Additional details in Summer Newsletter

Advance sign up not required – 9:00am Activity Coordinator - Klara Barford Email: klardon@msn.com Phone: 360-466-2071Book club takes place during Friday morning scientific sessions. Spouses and companions are encouraged to come and join in the fun and conversation.

SOCIETY SPONSORED EVENTSWednesday, October 22, 2014 – 6:30-9:00pm Welcome Reception/Buffet Dinner

Thursday, October 23, 2014 – 12:00 pmBox Lunch-SPOUSES AND COMPANIONS ARE INVITED

Guest Speaker – Kenneth C. Welch, Jr., PhD“LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: A YEAR WITH A HUMMINGBIRD”

Thursday, October 23, 2014Caucus Receptions/Dinners

Details will be distributed prior to the annual meeting.

Friday, October 24, 2014 – 6:00-10:00pmDinner at Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum - https://www.desertmuseum.org/about/ link to FaceBook page - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on Facebook

Transportation provided

Saturday, October 25, 2014 – 7:00-7:50amMembership Track Breakfast

Gathering of Caucus guests and personal guests detailingPCOGS membership process

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO 2014 CAUCUS & PERSONAL GUESTS ONLY

Saturday, October 25, 2014 – 6:00-11:00pmPresidential Reception/ToastPresidential Dinner/Dance

Sunday, October 26, 2014 – 7:30-10:00amFarewell Brunch

SURVEY MONKEY LINK TO SIGN UP FOR ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CJHQ9ZM

Scroll down to experience photos from the Ritz Carlton-Dove Mountain resort.

Hope to see you in October!