3/7/07 Big Sandy/Pace Point/Britton Ford areas Henry Co. I spent the 1st part of the morning yesterday at the Pace Point area. Not much of interest, except the continuing pair of WESTERN GREBES. They were in the same location I last saw them, in the Coot Bay area. This is immediately south of Pace Point, on the TN River side. There are large numbers of Lesser Scaup in this area, easily 5000+ birds. There were practically no Greaters mixed in, as I only saw a couple of birds. I was surprised to not have any Scoters at all. Red-breasted Mergs are still around in good numbers, and most of the other expected divers were present in small numbers. Several loons were in the area, but all looked pretty Common. Gulls were only the expected 3 species. There was absolutely nothing around the Rocky Point side, a total of one Common Loon. The lake is back up as to expose no shorebird habitat anywhere I was, and I only saw Killdeer. A quick run through Britton Ford on the way home was a total bust; there were no birds in any of the three bays, only a large group of divers out at the edge of vision, out from the platform, primarily Scaup. The Westerns were the closest they've been yet, at one time in the 150-200 yard range. I was shooting into the Sun, but got some better shots than I've managed before at them. For anyone not tired of them, I placed 3 new shots in the same gallery as the last ones, with the 1st image being here : http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/75329010 Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================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 _____________________________________________________________