TN birders, On my commute to Erlanger Hospital this am, saw about 125 sandhills flying up river toward the Chickamauga Dam, having just flown over Amnicola Marsh area. The time was 7:48. Also, I am walking the Brainerd Levee(Chattanooga, Hamilton Co) in the afternoon, having done so on 14/16/17/20Nov between 5:20 and 6:15pm window. Species encountered include: Great blue heron Canada goose wood duck Green-winged teal Amer Black duck(flying into the creeek) Mallard Northern Pintail(maximum of 4 males) Northern Shoveler(6) Gadwall-most numerous specie Red-shouldered Hawk-max of 3 seen on 20Nov Wild Turkey-1 seen on side of levee opposite end of Boyd-Buchanan school Am Coot Killdeer-heard only ring-billed gulls-few mourning dove-few fly bys Great horned owl-1 herd on 16Nov-pitch sounded female Belted Kingfisher eastern Phoebe Amer Crow Carolina Wren House wren Eastern Bluebird Amer Robin Northern Mockingbird Amer Pipit-2 flyovers Euro starling Northern cardinal eastern Towhee Song sparrow red-winged blackbird Com grackle I know several are looking for the Amer wigeon for the county year list, but fading light or nonpresence has kept me from getting it for my TN year list. David Chaffin Cleveland TN Bradley Co ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. =================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 _____________________________________________________________