Chattanooga Area 12/08/02 4-6 observers checked the SE side of the TN River from Chicamauga Dam to Wolftever Creek (Harrison Bay State Park) thru Volunteer Reservation to Standifer Gap Marsh. 8 AM to 12, 28 to 44 degrees F, clear, no wind some of the more interesting sightings: Horned Grebe 12 Common Loon 20 Dbl-cr Comorant 14 Bufflehead 4 Ring-necked Duck 2 Volunteer Reservation Gadwall 50 Com Goldeneye 10 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER 1 Vincent Road Greater Scaup 6 Dam American Kestrel 2 Virginia Rail 2 heard Standifer Gap Marsh Bonaparte's Gull 320 Wolftever Creek Ring-billed Gull 200 Wolftever Creek Herring Gull 5 Wolftever Creek Brown Creeper 3 Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow 2 Standifer Gap Marsh Clyde Blum (leader) David Patterson David and John Spicer joined briefly at the marsh by Joe Keebler and Susan Schott David Patterson Chattanooga =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================