All, Jeff has already posted by far the best of the photos we were able to get yesterday. A funny (but not to me at the time) sidebar on the story is that when Jeff 1st got to the Pits and we began to talk, the 1st thing I told him was "We will find a great bird today because I forgot and left my camera at the house". When I 1st realized I didn't have my camera, that was the 1st thing that went through my mind, and it bugged my all the way up to when we found the Mottled! Jeff was nice enough to let me snap a few photos using his camera, which I have placed in my "Mottled Duck" gallery for TN. When I found and photographed Jeff's Mottled last September, it was at least twice the distance of our bird yesterday. IF I had my camera I would have gotten some nice shots yesterday. Oh well, fantastic looks at the bird anyway. If anyone is interested in a few more shots of this bird, try my gallery at: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/mottled_duck Good birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN Carroll Co. birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================