Feb. 19, 2007 Hohenwald, Lewis Co. TN I arrived today at 12:30 and found the bird resting in the Wisteria Vine at 12:30:30. The fastest TN lifer in years. I was sweating this year, as each year the possibilities get tighter and before long my 30 year string of getting at least one new state bird will have to stop. I stayed for about an hour and had good views of the bird on 5 occasions as it fed under the feeder and rested in the Wisteria, a budding Maple Tree in the yard next door and among the Sweet Gum balls in the tree in back of the carport. The two poor photos that I took of this latest edition to my TN List will be treasured ............... While I was there, Mrs. Russell returned with a feeder holder which we placed in her front yard so she can sit inside and watch her charges. Many thanks to Bill for getting the word out and his gracious mother for allowing us to share in this great find. On the way down, about 4 miles south of I-40, I had an adult Bald Eagle soaring over the road, good omen. I went by Pickwick Dam afterward and found no water being let out and only 2 gulls below the dam. Above the dam, Herring Gulls out numbered the Ring-bills. Lots of Coots and a few scaup were out numbered by the Horned Grebes (28) and Pied-billed (94), of these 54 Pied were all in and around the boats at the Marina. In Savannah Bottoms in Hardin Co. and Clear Creek bottoms in Hardeman Co, I found my 11th and 12th occupied Great-Horned nest for the season. I have 4 in Tunica Co, MS,- 1 in DeSoto Co, MS,- 2 in Shelby Co, TN-2 in Lauderdale Co, and 1 in Dyer Co. Watch those Skunk numbers go down........ Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________