Dec. 17, 2002 Mud Island Mississippi River Front Shelby, Co. TN Sorry about late posting but I snuck out of town to do the Grenada, MS CBC more on that later. A first winter Laughing Gull was feeding with the Ring-billed and Bonaparte's Gulls in the old Wolf River Channel at the cobble stone landing and seen again across the river on what is left of the sand bars there. The river is on another roller coaster high as it has done for months, up and down in 10 to 16 foot swings. Laughers show up around here in the winter on McKellar Lake and the river front almost every year. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL' COOT / TLBA Bartlett Tenn. =================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 =========================================================