Thanks to Jeff Wilson for pointing out to me that I inadvertently changed the identity of my short-eared owl in Franklin to "probable adult female shot-tailed hawk." I am properly embarrassed and apologize profusely for leading anyone astray. I guess the preparation (all that cooking) and excitement of the holidays plus a mighty busy schedule just had me more tired and stressed than I realized. That's what I get for reading all those reports from my native Florida which included a true short-tailed hawk sighting before I wrote mine about a short-eared owl. Thank God I at least had it right in the subject line which is probably why no one else mentioned it to me. Even though I had proofread my text TWICE before hitting the "send" button, I completely overlooked my own error. Thanks again, Jeff. I really appreciate you keeping me straight even if you did have to write to me twice before I realized I'd said what I did. In your first writing, I thought you were questioning as to why I called it a possible adult female. I was reading short-eared owl not only in my proofreading but also in your first questioning post to me. Good birding and Happy New Year to all. Please don't cause any traffic jams down around Carnton Golf Course looking for anything more than a short-eared owl. A very red faced Dee Thompson Nashville, 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 =========================================================