At Watauga Lake in Carter Co., TN Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2004, I walked into Carden's Bluff Campground, which is closed for the winter, and glimpsed a large bird leaving a treetop just past the first picnic table on the left. My right brain said Bald Eagle, while my left brain told me all the other things it could be. I only saw a silhouette from the rear as it left (a true Rear-tailed Evader sighting!) I also heard American Crows start to fuss near the adjacent Rat Branch Boat Ramp at that time. After walking around Cardens Bluff a while, I drove over to Rat Branch. On the small, treed island left of the boat ramp sat an adult Bald Eagle in plain view on a snag, apparently watching the fishermen along the bank there. If it was the same bird, it must have been there the better part of an hour from the time it left Cardens Bluff until the time I finally left Rat Branch. Don Holt Johnson City, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================