Liz, Are there any exposed banks in the area where you've seen the kingfishers? If so, look for a nest. Kingfishers often nest fairly far from water. Basically, wherever they can find a bank to burrow into. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Tue, 13 May 2008, Raincrow wrote: ... > Interestingly, a pair of Kingfishers have lately been routine visitors > to the old dead oaks across the road from my driveway, and I very often > see them sitting on the phone lines about 200 feet down the road and > closer to the lake. I'm not sure what they're suddenly doing up here, > 0.5 miles or so from the lake. There's a small, deep perennial spring > another 0.1 mi. down the road from my house, but I've not yet seen them > go in that direction. So I'm adding Kingfishers to my yard list! .... =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________