Last evening (8/21/03) I made my semi-weekly trip to the ash ponds of Kingston Steam Plant. The following birds of interest to me were observed: 2 Caspian Terns flying and on the ash bars (seen in the ash pond on the left with the yellow dredging boat in it) 3 Great Egrets 2 Osprey I Greater Yellowlegs at close range (made a "whew, whew, whew" call when it flew off) i juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron in the furthest pond on the left 2 Eastern Kingbirds Saw 2 Short-billed dowitchers the week before (8/14/03), but no SB Dowitchers seen last night Arthur McDade Warburg, Morgan County, 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 =========================================================