23 AUG 04 South Holston Lake Sullivan Co., TN Washington Co., VA . For a different view of birds around the South Holston Lake this time of year Bristol Birders took a cruise on a pontoon boat departing from Painter Creek Boat Dock and venturing well into Virginia up the river channel past the Bristol, VA water intake structure. Wallace Coffey provided the aqueous taxi and had aboard Tom Laughlin, Chris O'Bryan, Sam Cross, and myself. Although not discussed with the group, Sam Cross declared later that the bird of the day was an imm. Bald Eagle. We did make a pit stop at Musick's Lakeside Campground and saw Virgil "Lightening" Carr swing into action as part of our pitcrew. We coasted into the campground on the fumes of fuel after fighting an unexpected head wind most of the way back from our turn around point. Virgil, err Lightening, came to our rescue in an instant providing the much needed petroleum and an automobile escort to ensure we reached our destination safely. To him go our thanks and heart felt gratitude. Chris O'Bryan served statistical duty and tallied our count for today. The following is a partial list of sighted species: . Pied-billed Grebe (first of season) Great Blue Heron Green Heron Great Egret Bald Eagle Osprey Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Belted Kingfisher . 'Til we bird again Rack Cross Blountville, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================