Remember that Hurricane Katrina has been picking up birds far out over the gulf. The birds may be carried amazing distances. Experience has shown us that the greatest fallout should begin at the point where Hurricane Katrina lowers it status from a hurricane to a Tropical Depression and over the areas covered in the following hours. "Tropical Depression" is the operative word for our purposes. Birders are going to have great difficulty in finding much wherever Katrina remains in a hurricane category. You want to be studying Katrina carefully to get a feel for where possible bird fallouts will occur. Hurricane Katrina should to a "Tropical Depression" when the pressure in the hurricane eye "increases" to 979 mb or 28.91 barrometric pressure and winds under 40 miles per hour. NOTE THAT ON THE MAP ABOVE, THE 979 MB AND 40 MILES PER HOUR APPARENTLY PUTS THE "TROPICAL DEPRESSION" FALLOUT NEAR THE TENNESSEE ALABAMA LINE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS IS ONLY A GENERAL GUIDE. The bird fallout should approach its best potential at that point. We can read the optimal conditions. As the pressure goes to 980 mb and upwards with the winds dropping to 39 mph or less, conditions quickly optimize for bird fallout. Hurricane Katrina is expected to come into Tennessee from the south Tuesday morning. Watch American flags on posts in your community and get a feel for the winds coming strongly from the east. That is the approach of the outerbands. You want to know that wind direction to know the local movement of the storm approach. As it passes the wind will blow from the north or west. Otherwise, wind from the south means you are on the eastern edge. Winds from the east means you are getting the front of the storm. From the north means you are getting the west side of the storm and wind from the west means you are on the trailing edge of the storm. All of this is based on the counter clockwise flow of the circular motion of the storm. Also remember that in such a wide and massive storm that rare storm-driven birds could easily be dropped from Memphis to Bristol. Be sure and post to TN-Birds all of your results, both what you do find and if you find nothing. Let's go birding...... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN