Hi All, Jan Shaw and I visited Nickajack Lake today with hopes of seeing the Western Grebe. Thanks to John Henderson's excellent directions we found our target bird in short order. The light was just right and we had great looks at this lovely bird. After viewing the grebe we went to Chattanooga, making stops at Brainerd Levee and Standifer Marsh. American Pipit and Green-wing Teal were best birds at Brainerd. A large group of Gadwalls and lots of sparrows were seen at Standifer. This was my first time for both of these great locations and I look forward to going back again. I can't think of a better way to have spent this first full day of winter. Gary Casey Kingston Springs, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 =========================================================