MOS Spring Meeting 
May 3-5, 2024

The Spring MOS Meeting will be in Oxford, MS, May 3-5, with special guest speaker Ted Floyd, bird book author and Editor of Birding magazine. The meeting will be held at Camp Lake Stephens just south of Oxford. The camp boasts an 87-acre campus of forested hills with walking trails and a lake which should make for wonderful spring birding. We encourage those coming from out of town to take advantage of the seclusion, easy access for birding, and proximity to our guest speaker offered by accommodations at Camp Lake Stephens.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Camp Lake Stephens (CLS) offers clean, very simple lodging in cabins. Most lodging will be in bunk-style cabins, which accommodate four or more persons, with four being optimal. We have also set aside a small number of private 2-person cabins (first come, first serve). Please bring your own towels and linens or sleeping bag/pillow as they will not be provided. For the bunk- style cabins, we will place guests in same-sex cabins, but meeting attendees are also welcome to work out cabin sharing with each other before registration–please mention any such preferences or arrangements when registering. Camp Lake Stephens is located at 117 Lake Stephens Dr,
Oxford, MS 38655. To reach it from Oxford, travel east on Hwy 6, and less than a mile past Hwy 7 turn right (south) onto CR 334. After about 3 miles heading southeast on CR 334, watch for signs for Camp Lake Stephens on the right, and turn right. Google Maps link

COSTS

Lodging rates are $75 per person, total, for both nights in bunk cabin accommodation, and $200 total for a private cabin (twin beds, can accommodate 2 persons) again for both nights.

Meals
Meal costs are $10/person/meal, for Friday night dinner, Saturday breakfast, Saturday lunch, and Sunday breakfast. The Saturday evening banquet dinner cost is included in meeting registration fee (see below).

Meeting Registration
Registration fees are $35/person for students, $50.00/person for non-student MOS members, and $70 for non-members (you can join MOS before the meeting to receive the member rate). Meeting registration includes the Saturday evening banquet and presentation by Ted Floyd. If you have special dietary restrictions please let us know by email: missbird.treasurer@gmail.com

You may also join the Mississippi Ornithological Society on our website here: https://missbird.org/membership-2/

If you have questions about your membership status, please contact Wayne Patterson, Membership Committee Chair, at wrp6@att.net

Special Guest, Ted Floyd:

Ted Floyd is the Editor of Birding magazine, the award-winning flagship publication of the American Birding Association. He has written five bird books, including the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (HarperCollins, 2008) and How to Know the Birds (National Geographic, 2019). Ted is also the author of more than 200 popular articles, technical
papers, and book chapters on birds and nature. A graduate of Princeton University (A.B., 1990) and Penn State University (Ph.D., 1995), Ted has taught biology, math, and statistics to everyone from second graders to advanced graduate students.

REGISTER NOW

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY EVENING, May 3
3:00-5:00 p.m. Check-in for Cabins (CLS Office)
5:30-7:00 p.m. Informal happy hour & food meet and greet at Circle & Square Brewing in Oxford (cost not included in registration; come and go as you please)

SATURDAY, May 4
6:30-7:30 a.m. Breakfast (CLS Dining Hall)
7:30 a.m. Meet in parking lot for morning field trip to Rowan Oak (or meet group at Rowan Oak at 7:45 a.m.; Google Maps link).
12:00 noon: Lunch (CLS Dining Hall)
Afternoon: Free time, optional birding on grounds of CLS
6:00 p.m. Dinner, Species Tally (CLS Dining Hall)
6:45-7:45 p.m. (CLS Chapel) Ted Floyd, “Thoughts on the Future of Birding & Field Ornithology (Hint: The Future Is Now)”
8:00 p.m. Potential owl and nightjar walk

SUNDAY, May 5
6:30-7:30 a.m. Breakfast (CLS Dining Hall)
7:30 a.m. Meet for field trips (location to be announced at Saturday night meeting)