In a message dated 12/15/2003 7:46:31 AM Central Standard Time, OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx writes: > The best bird of the day was found sleeping in the mix and even in the dim > light was still enough for a photo when it woke up. The bird is a female > molting from immature plumage. These birds have appeared at TVA Lake > regularly > over the years. > Sorry, This bird was a Long-tailed Duck. I had entered Old Squaw out of habit and when I deleted the name then failed to enter Long-tailed Duck which I find cumbersome, confusing as Pintails have long tails also and not nearly as colorful....... Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================