Ruth and Fellow Birders, WHITE PELICANS!! Today my friends Bob & Amy thought they had a flock of American White Pelicans (_Pelicanus erythorhynchos_) ...called us but we were not home yet. They followed up their call with an affirmative on their sighting and reported the estimated flock of about 50 (they lacked a scope of any kind) mixed in a flock of gulls on the water. The flock had settled onto the shore (north direction) by the time I arrived (with minimal light available by then) with scope in hand...and sure enough, I guestimate the flock to be 75+ or more...maybe even a 100. The darkness was soon falling as the gulls flew in the distance noisily. I feel like with the weather south predicted snowy, these hopefully will remain tomorrow for a better view after work. I was unable to search for the white-winged scoter as light was quickly fading. Perhaps I will become lucky. The wind was brisk and temperature was approximately 32 degrees as they lifted their black-lined wings, preening their last with the disappearing light maybe... Anyhow, we had seen these further south MLK Day and having these in my own area is quite exciting. Directions for newcomers: Go to the Normandy Dam and look north (at the time of the writing!!)...these handsome chorus line of feathers will hopefully reward any admirers! This area of the lake most likely is on Coffee/ Bedford Co line. Melissa Turrentine Bedford Co Normandy TN Sighting: White Pelicans Normady Dam area of Lake on Coffee/Bedford County line