August 6, 2008 Gibson County Lake, East of Trenton, Gibson County Drove by Gibson County Lake this morning and immediately saw 2 Black Terns flying near the west shore along Sleepy Hollow Road. Way out in the middle of the lake I saw an interesting looking bird so I put the scope on the window and sure enough my suspicions were right as there was a female ANHINGA in the "wing-drying" posture way out on a snag. I drove around to the other side of the lake and saw a white tern and thought it would be a Forster's but upon closer look it was the less common Common Tern. I did later see a Forster's Tern sitting on a post out in the lake - three species of terns in a single day anywhere in Gibson Co. is not an easy feat and I've only managed that a couple of times before. Other birds of note were a couple of Great Egrets and a couple of Double-crested Cormorants. Just west of the lake I had 2 Mississippi Kites soaring over the treetops nad later another kite flying over the city of Trenton at luch time. Not a bad bunch of birds for a hot summer day in the middle of West Tennessee! Good birding, Mark Greene Trenton, TN Gibson County =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________