Saturday Nov 30 marked the appearance of my first Purple finches, a female and two males. A friend who lives closer to Oliver Springs, Don Domres (a keen birdwatcher whom I have entreated many times to join TN Bird), says that I have so few Purple finches because all of the rest of them are emptying his feeders (two winters ago he had as many as 30 a day). The same day, I saw the first Coots on the lake at the Gravel Pit in downtown Kingston, and the first small knot of Ringneck ducks in the little pond across the highway from the old K-25 site. Since the big ice storm, Herring gulls have begun joining the Coots, and more Ringneck ducks appear each day. Liz Singley Kingston, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 =========================================================