Today (18 Mar.) there were 7 Eared Grebes at Musick's on South Holston Lake, 5 in near-full breeding plumage. I had not seen any there since late Dec. Also present: Pied-billed Grebe: 24 Gadwall: 8 Am. Wigeon: 5 Green-wg. Teal: 18 Blue-wg. Teal: 3 Ring-nk. Duck: 36 Lesser Scaup: 12 Hooded Merganser: 2 Ring-billed Gull: 20 Seen there earlier in the day by H.P. Langridge: Purple Martins. Passing by Austin Springs on the way home I saw 180+ Tree Swallows & 3 Barn Swallows. ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================