The immature Tundra Swan reported by Don Miller near Mosheim in Greene County was still at its pond Saturday afternoon. Wildlife photographer Carole Franklin and I easily found the pond by taking Blue Springs Road (Old 11E) from U.S. Highway 11E until we saw Black Road coming in from the right. The pond was immediately to the left and below and we parked in a wide driveway to the right and carried the scope down to the fence. There is a white barnyard fowl in the pond with the swan, which is easily told, even when asleep, by its long, gray neck. Also in the pond were a pair of Hooded Mergansers, about a half dozen Gadwalls and 2-4 Mallards. A gentleman wandered down from his trailer and asked what we were looking for, and was disappointed when we told him. "I thought somebody drowned," he said, looking at the scope and Carole's camera. I offered to let him look at the swan through my scope, but he was only interested if we had a floater and returned to his trailer. These birds are best viewed during morning hours and we were there in mid-afternoon. Carole intends to return with the big lens during morning hours, and will hopefully post a shot on her web site if she gets something. She has been lurking on tn-bird for a week or so and hopefully with soon introduce herself to you and share some of the work from her web site. She has perhaps the pentultimate shot of a male Eastern Bluebird perched on red sumac berries, plus some shots of the bears and their cubs that visit her home in the South Central community next to the bear preserve. Carole, come on down! We drove western Greene county for the rest of a nice, sunny Saturday around Mohawk and Midway and observed two Northern Harriers, a female/immature bird and a nice male. James Brooks Jonesborough =================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 =========================================================