Since my Christmas celebration with all the family was held last weekend, I took advantage of the peace and the beautiful weather and, whatelse, went birding. The Air Park Inn area back by the lagoon kept me fascinated for quite a while. There I was able to locate the Louisiana Waterthrush that was found on the CBC on Sat. and the Orange Crowned Warbler. Good looks at both. Also the Tree Sparrows (4+) were very active on the trail past the lagoon which is on the far end of the property past the campgrounds.If you follow this trail it takes you across a foot bridge and back out on the road where the Waterthrush was located. The Waterthrush and the Orange Crowned were on the road that runs south of the lagoon along the stream. Of course, finally finding the Vermilion Flycatcher at 3PM was the iciing on the cake for the day. I was able to get a decent shot of it. It was up toward the bathhouse about mid way sitting in a short tree and flycatching and dropping down to the water by the road. Dinner at five with neighbors will finish off my day and the owls as I walk home will be a bonus. Merry Christmas to all, and to all.. good birding. Nancy Moore Bluebasin Cove B&B Reelfoot lake Lake Co, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================