Greg, Direction off the most recent AL RBA: "The Baldwin County NORTHERN WHEATEAR found 2/3, continued through at least 2/17 south of Foley near County 8 between AL 59 and the Foley Beach Expressway. From the expressway, turn west onto County 8 and then left (south) onto Royal Troon about half way down towards AL 59. Royal Troon is a semi-circular entrance road with a pond in the middle and actually connects to County 8 at both ends. The wheatear may still be favoring the western half Royal Troon down to the intersection at Augusta. The wheatear does spend enough time on the ground to be overlooked and tends to blend in if not sitting up or flying. It habitually perches on the stakes, cable boxes, conduit, and other low perches in the area. It has at times perched on and in short trees. Please note this is an active construction site and there can be significant traffic during weekdays. Park as near the curb as possible. [DeAL 64-E3]" Also more info and a MapQuest link provided to other recent chasers: "The fastest way to the Wheatear is take AL287 off I-65 through Bay Minette, Robertsdale, Loxley, etc. AL287 hooks up with AL 59 to go straight south. You want to get on the Foley Beach Expressway and bypass as much of the Foley traffic as possible. MapQuest shows it pretty good:" http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=&city=foley&state=al&zipcode=#north There is no street address I know of. Royal Troon is a brand new road with no houses right now (probably no for long). Good luck! Steve McConnell Hartselle, AL -----Original Message----- From: sawwhet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 7:54 PM Subject: [TN-Bird] Directions to Wheatear If someone could post directions to this bird I would appreciate it. I will potentially be coming from Nashville. I guess the best thing is a street address where the bird has been seen so that I can google it. Thanks in advance. Greg Harris Lebanon, 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. 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