Tennessee and Bristol Birders, While the Canvasbacks and the flight of gulls was pretty cool, it wasn't cool that it was sent multiple times. Only thing I know is I hit the send button ONE time. Charter must have hiccuped. Again, sorry for the extra messages. -- Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN ---- merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello area and TN Birders, > > I took an extended lunch today to go to Middlebrook lake to look for the > Long-tailed Duck that was reported yesterday by Rack Cross et al.. While I > didn't find the Duck with the Long Tail, I did find two, male Canvasback > Ducks mixing in with the Hooded Mergansers (not very well, I might add). > There was the normal compliment of other birds - Canada Geese (some very > interesing hybrid geese were mixed in), Mallards, Coots, and Herons(3). I > noticed a few Vultures (3-4) but the roost must have been out to lunch. I > hung around long enough to see Tom and JT McNeil come driving in just as a > HUGE group of gulls were flying back in. I felt like I was at a hawk watch > on a big day as they just kept appearing out of nowhere flying in from the > north in a steady stream. I had been looking at the Canvasback when I heard > the wind off their wings at such a volume I had to look up. Middlebrook > lake is located in eastern Sullivan County in Bristol, TN > > Nice lunch break. > -- > Rob Biller > Elizabethton, TN > ************************************************* > BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST > Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 > > Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: > http://bristolbirdclub.org > > 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. > -------------------------------------------------- > 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-**** > =================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 _____________________________________________________________