1 Oct. As part of the TOS Fall Meeting (in Greeneville), a field trip to Rankin Bottoms & Dutch Bottoms area of upper Douglas Lake produced the following highlights: Am. White Pelican - 1 Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 60+ Great Egret - 110+ Blk-cr. Night-Heron - 7+ Osprey - 1 Black-bellied Plover - 4 Willet - 1 Western Sandpiper - 1 Bonaparte's Gull - 1 (quite early) Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 Tree Swallow - 2000+ N. Rough-wg. Swallow - 10 11 people in group co-led by Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================