Marsh Creek Off the TN River Perry County, TN 11.26.03--Thanksgiving Eve 11.27.03--Thanksgiving Day While anchoring out for Thanksgiving, we observed an adult Bald Eagle make a couple of passes about 100' from our boat. It then found a tree to perch on about 1/2 mile away till the sun went down. Funny that we had just gotten done saying how much we have to be thankful for this year... Next day, Thanksgiving, an adult Bald Eagle spent much time in the same tree. We watched for him until visibility got so bad that we couldn't. TNWR Busseltown Unit Decatur County, TN On the banks of the TN River 11.30.03 We had to make another river trip on Sunday 11.30.03 to take a look at the tow (boat that pushes barges) that had sunk the day before while moored at a sand and gravel operation on the TN River, Decatur County near Perryville, TN. Some of you might have seen this on the news. The only parts visible above the waterline are the radar/sonar twirly-bob and the Am flag, which would both be attached to the top of the boat. Water depths in this part of the river reach at least 40'. A diver went down to secure the boat yesterday, but the effort to bring the boat up out of the water have been delayed and the whole thing is under investigation. Unfortunatly, deisel fuel leaked from the boat's tanks and streaks of it was visible in some locations, you could smell the deisel, too. We watched the emergency response team for 6 hours and figured that some piece of equipment was still necessary for the operation to begin. In the meantime, we took a cruise downriver. At TNWR, Busseltown Unit, we observed an adult Bald Eagle perched above the river, appx 1/2 mile north of the Hwy 412 bridge. This would make it about 3 miles from Marsh Creek. Anna Varney Linden, TN _________________________________________________________________ Say ?goodbye? to busy signals and slow downloads with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================