A Sunday trip during the calm before the storm resulted in very limited success, Rankin Bottoms, Cocke County: New gravel road bed at the mud flats on the right side after you enter. 1 male and 1 juvenile Northern Harriers 2 male and 2 female Hooded Mergansers 5 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 20+ Palm warblers 6 Golden Crowned Kinglets 12 Great Blue Herons 50+ Kettle of Black Vultures Dutch Bottoms, Douglas Lake, just off 25E near Duch Bottoms Baptist Church: Water was very low (mud flats were showing cracks) and choppy due to high winds, with poor scope visibility. 150+ Great Blue Herons 6 Hooded Mergansers 1 Osprey Robert and Leigh Loveday Knoxville, TN __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 =================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 =========================================================