Today March 7, 2005, I took my Grandson to see the ducks at Shutes Branch Recreation Area on Old Hickory Lake in Hermitage, TN, Davidson County. Seen were: Common Loon: 1 Great Blue Heron: 5 Ring-billed Gull: 60 Mallard: 30 American Coot: 7 Canada Goose: 20 Belted Kingfisher: 3 Muscovy Duck: 2 (Including one VERY friendly one that tried to get in the car and leave with us). American Crow: 5 Eastern Bluebird: 5 Blue Jays: 4 Carolina Chickadee: 5 Tufted Titmouse: 3 Dark-eyed Junco: 5 Northern Flicker: 1 This time of year is always very productive at Shutes Branch and usually has a few surprises. Good Luck! Nat Winston III Hermitage, TN thornius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================