Birders, It was truly a day for the Loons! The time spent at Percy Priest Lake was wonderful with 10 birders atttending. The weather was a little crisp but the light was good. Richard Connors took us to very interesting places and we all enjoyed our day. 17 Canada Geese 17 Mallards 4 Northern Shovelers 3 Green-winged Teal 165 Redheads 4 Buffleheads 1 Commoon Goldeneye 9 Hooded Mergansers 56 Common Loons 6 Pied-billed Grebes 11 Horned Greebs 11 Great Blue Herons (7 Herons were nest sitting) 28 Black Vultures 17 Turkey Vultures 1 Bald Eagle--adult plumage 1 Goshawk 2 Red-tailed Hawks 110 Coots 1 Killdeer 53 Ring-billed Gulls 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Blue Jays 36 American Crows 2 Carolina Chickadees 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Eastern Bluebirds 12 American Robins 4 Mocking Birds 1 Brown Thrasher 40 European Starlings 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 5 Northern Cardinals 3 Purple Finches Total- 38 Species Linda Kelly and Kevin Bowden Fieldtrip Coordinators NTOS =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________