Birders, Today (11th, 15:45 to 16:45) I (Chris O'Bryan) spotted one (1) Cooper's Hawk, one (1) Red-tailed Hawk, and nineteen (19) Eastern Meadowlarks in Quarry Bog, Shady Valley, Johnson County, Tennessee, 2700ft Elev. I got an extremely good look at the Red-tailed Hawk soaring right above me about forty five (45) feet up. I was able to look at detail; the blotched band across the breast, the bright red tail (showing it's an adult), and the white blotches on the back as it made its swirls in the air. The dihedral wings were very noticeable while it was soaring (also a good identifying characteristic). Yahoo! Christopher O'Bryan Shady Valley, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****