A good birding day, Sunday, 27Jan08 at Woods Reservoir, Franklin Co and fields nearby ( with Linda Foster, a birding friend, visiting here from Fla) The interesting highlights were 500+ SANDHILL CRANES ( off Finney Rd in winter wheat fields to the left coming off of Monroe Floyd Rd from Morris Ferry Boat Dock), NORTHERN HARRIER 1 adult BALD EAGLE, flying over at the dam, 1 imm. BALD EAGLE sitting on the point down from UTSI, BLACK and TURKEY VULTURES, AMERICAN PIPITS in same area as cranes but closer to the road, and on the lake, LESSER BLACKED GULL ( sitting on its usual buoy at Morris Ferry Boat Dock), BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON LOON, a large strung out raft of HORNED GREBE, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER, and 1 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE and the other usual winter birds found in that area. Ruth Luckado HRTOS Tullahoma, Tn =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________