At the end
of our count day, many of us gather together for drinks, dinner, camaraderie,
and to swap tales of the day's birding. After dinner we have "the
countdown": we total up the bird counts by species to see how we
did. Those special code 4 birds are saved for last, with the day's best
finds revealed one by one.
You must RSVP and pay
for your attendance at the Christmas Count dinner IN ADVANCE by December
16. Remember that holiday mail is slow. Call or email first to reserve
your place and mail your check as soon as possible.
Please RSVP by December
16, 2009 to Christine Williamson at 773/935-8439 or birdchris@aol.com.
Please state the number of people you are RSVPing for and include
their names. The cost per person is $19 (COS is subsidizing the banquet
to keep the per participant cost low).
Checks should be made payable
to Chicago Ornithological Society and mailed to:
Christine
Williamson
4046 N.
Clark Street
Unit K
Chicago,
IL 60613-1986
Please mark
the outside of the envelope: Lisle Christmas Count Dinner.
DETAILS
Happy Hour:
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Appetizers will be on offer. Cash Bar will be open
in our private room for soft drinks, coffee and alcoholic beverages.
Dinner: 5:45 - 6:30
p.m. Pizza banquet, including unlimited pizza, salad and dessert. Cost
per person is $19.00. Soft drinks and coffee are included in this price.
A cash bar will be open in our private room for alcoholic beverages.
Count Down - Time to Get
Serious! 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. After dinner, count compiler, Geoff Williamson,
will start asking each area group to offer up their counts first of
common birds, gradually winnowing down to less common, rare and extraordinarily
spectacularly rare species. COS's unique electronic count-down process
means you'll see projected the numbers being added up real-time - it
doesn't get any more exciting than this among local Christmas Bird Counts!
Location:
Pompei Pizza is located just west of Midwest Road (northern extension
of Cass Avenue) at 17 W. 744 22nd Street, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181.
Tel: 630/620-0600. Parking is free and plentiful. The closest well-known
landmark is Oak Brook Mall at the intersection of Route 83 and 22nd
Street, east of Pompei restaurant. A map is available at mapquest.com.
Directions:
From the west, take Butterfield Road/22nd Street east from Highland
Avenue (northern extension of Lemont Road) or Route 53. Stay on 22nd
when Butterfield Road veers off to the northeast after you pass Meyers
Road. The restaurant is located in a strip mall on the north/left side
of the road and is visible from 22nd Street.
From the east, take Route
83 (northern extension of Kingery Boulevard) to 22nd Street and head
west. Pompei is just past the intersection of Midwest Road, located
in a strip mall on the north/right side of the road and is visible from
22nd Street.