Wheeler and Wilson Reservoirs Lawrence and Colber Counties I led a small group of birders with the TOS winter meeting on a field trip along Wheeler and Wilson Reservoir's south shoreline. We made stops at Fox Creek WMA, Mallard Creek Rec Area, Spring Creek embayment, Wheeler Dam, Town Creek Marsh, The Point and Wilson Dam. We did get to enjoy lots of Red-breasted Mergansers at Fox Creek, 50+ Common Loons at Mallard Creek, an immature eagle at Spring Creek and 2 American White Pelicans at The Point. The major highlights of the trip, however, came at the last stop, Wilson Dam. From the Visitor's Center Overlook, we enjoyed 52 American White Pelicans and got to watch the Peregrine Falcon put on an extended aerial display (no kills, but he definitely scared the gulls!). We also found 4 adult Black-crowned Night-Herons, a rare winter treat at this location. Our final bird at the site was a cooperative second winter Lesser Black-backed Gull. We also found a Thayer's type gull, with typical chocolate brown primaries with white tips, dark outer webs and pale inner, but the head was big and flat and bill seemed more the size of a Herring Gull. This one had to go down as gull sp. Damien Simbeck Killen, AL ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________