I stopped by on my way back from Chattanooga Sunday afternoon, between 1800 and 2000. I was hoping for rails and the like, and did hear both the VIRGINAand the SORA, although I did not get a visual on either. I was surprised by a life-bird, a LEAST BITTERN flew up by the gravel road, and then obliged me with a reed clinging view. Other observations: Wood duck (19) Mallard (5) adults, 3 young Canada Goose 20+ with young Great-blue heronKilldeer Blue-gray gnatcatcher Cedar waxwings orchard oriole (3 singing males) I also saw two "short-eared" rabbits with only a light area around thetail, not white at all. Maybe swamp rabbits? I did add another life bird,below the Chickamauga Dam, on the railroad tressel. You guessed it, a beautiful adult PERIGENE FALCON plucking away on a fresh pigeon. I also saw two great egrets a little south of there along Hixon Pike. A good day for birding! Ben Britton Morristown, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================