I took a quick run down there Saturday (a 3.5 hour drive), arriving perhaps an hour before sunset, and of course just 15 minutes before I arrived, some <blankety blank> person hopped the fence to get a closer photograph and scared the owl (who had obliged viewers for 3 full hours) over the back of the hill. GRRRRRRR! SNARL!! BAD PERSON!!! Still, the back roads of Spring Hill are gorgeous, full of big old houses on lovely grounds, so it was worth the drive anyway. And I was able to satisfy the curiosity of passersby who wondered why a quarter-mile of cars were pulled off the side of the road, their occupants hanging over the Saturn fence with binox and spotting scopes in the cold wind. Now if s/he'll just hold still till the weekend after next, I might have another chance... Liz Singley Kingston TN (Roane Co.) ------- Original Message ------- From : mctodd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:mctodd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent : 1/26/2009 4:06:06 PM To : tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc : Subject : FW: [TN-Bird] Snowy Owl being seen After no sightings all morning, the Spring Hill Snowy Owl showed up at the crest of the rise to the west. A group of us were at the big parking area across from Rippavilla Plantation. Pretty distant, but great looks. Mike Todd McKenzie TN www.pbase.com/mctodd Birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry =================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 _____________________________________________________________ =================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 _____________________________________________________________