This afternoon (8/31) there were two Eared Grebes along the Tennessee-Virginia stateline near Musick's Campground at South Holston Lake. This is the first fall record for the region this year. Chris O'Bryan and I first saw an adult, in breeding plummage, near the mouth of Spring Creek in Sullivan Co., TN just upstream from Musick's Campground about 3 p.m. An hour later we saw two birds near the same location. They were swimming from Tennessee into Washington Co., VA. One appeared to be the bird seen earlier and the second was in non-breeding colors which would be a bit early for birds molting to winter wear. We observed the birds at a distance of about 150 feet with a scope. Other birds in the vicinity were: Great Blue Heron 7 Great Egrets 7 Killdeer 42 American Kestrel 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Mallard 14 Canada Goose 50 Wood Duck 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Let's go birding..... Wallace Coffey Bristol, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================