December 27, 2003 Knox County At about 3:30 pm today I observed 40 HORNED LARKS at the UT Plant Science Farm on the TN River. They were feeding in the corn stubble field. I found no longspurs, which was my target bird, but was very pleased with the larks which have been absent during the 3 years I have birded the area. Pipits were also absent, however everything was widely scattered during this fair and very mild day. Whoever covers this area 14 on the Knoxville Christmas Count would do well to be there at 7:30 in the morning. Good Birding, TOM HOWE ALCOA 865-546-4126 wk 865-983-8198 tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx tomhowe@xxxxxxxxxxxx =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================