You have reached Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. This is Update Number #32 made on December 7, 2002. One Great Egret was observed at Blythe Ferry, Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, Meigs co. on December 5. (David Aborn) Waterfowl are migrating through our area. On December 4 a raft of at least 500 ducks was in the middle of the channel out from Windward Point (just downstream from Booker T Washington St Pk). The visibility was terrible, but the raft was mostly made up of Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead and a few scattered Redheads. On December 6 most of the ducks had moved through, but there were still a few small rafts made up of Lesser Scaup, Black Duck, Goldeneye, and Bufflehead. Also,several rafts of Horned Grebes (127 total) were present as they are migrating through our area. (Kevin Calhoon) The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on December 12 at 7:00 PM at the Accension Luthern Church 720 South Germantown Road. Remember the Chattanooga CBC is being held on December 14 and the Hiwassee CBC is on Jan 1. The compilation for the Chattanooga CBC is at 6:00 at the Accension Luthern Church. If you have any questions about either CBC call Kevin Calhoon at 423-821-6802. The Nickajack CBC is being held on December 28. For questions about this count call Johnny Parks at 706-937-7163. Get out in the field and let me know what you see! =================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 =========================================================