Hi Ed, Even though I seem to be subscribed to TN-Bird I am having trouble posting, could you please post this for me? Mark McShane Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia Subject: Lake Tansi Western Grebes - YES - 12/19/09 Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:26:14 -0500 From: Mark McShane <mcshane1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi All, I came up from metro Atlanta Saturday morning to try to relocate the two Western Grebes first reported by Joseph Mast and DJ Stanley on the 12th from Lake Tansi in Cumberland County. I arrived at about 9am, there was severe fog in the vicinity of the lake and at the marina, and a hint of slight snow flurries at times. When I arrived at the waters edge inside the marina I was wondering if the fog would ever lift and visibility was only about 150 feet when suddenly the two target birds appeared about 100 feet off of the marina and stayed long enough for me to see them well in the scope, then they vanished into the mist! A little while later the fog lifted enough that I could see the two western grebes (or grebes from the west) further out on the water and in the company of both Horned Grebes and Pied-billed Grebes which they were close to at times! Wow, very nice for the southeast! Afterwards I headed to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge where one Whooping Crane was seen on the far shore of the lake surrounded by hundreds of Sandhill Cranes. We had 6 young Bald Eagles on the far river shore in one scope view as well, plus a 2nd year Bald Eagle standing in shallow water in the lake feeding on what looked like a Sandhill Crane! I stopped at Chickamauga Dam afterwards seeing lots of Common Loons, Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls, and finished the day in Chickamauga Georgia at Crawfish Springs checking the couple of hundred Canada Geese there hoping for at least one Cackling Goose, but none were to be found. Good Birding All! Mark Mark McShane Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia http://neargareport.blogspot.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 _____________________________________________________________