I visited Kingston Steam Plant on Wednesday evening, July 9th, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. In the first ash pond on the left after entering from the soccer field parking lot (not the elevated settling pond, but the first level ash pond on the left), I saw two white birds standing on an ash bar that extended from the left bank. I was able to move to within approximately 150 yards of them by moving left along the margin of the ash pond, and look at them from different angles in the bright late afternoon sunlight. At first I thought they were gulls, but the large red bills and the black caps were clearly visible at that range in the good angle sunlight, indicating they were Caspian Terns. In talking to Wallace Coffey, he mentioned they were possible early fall migrants. Also seen were: 4 Osprey 1 DC Cormorant 1 American Goldfinch 1 Black Crowned Night Heron 1 Belted Kingfisher Many Barn Swallows Arthur McDade Wartburg, Morgan County, TN =================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 =========================================================