On Sept. 18 Sunday 11:00 am we surprisingly spotted a juvenile white ibis feeding at the French Broad River shoals near Steamboat Island, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge - Knox County TN. We watched it for a good 10 minutes from water’s edge off a grassy path from the northwest field trail. The ibis eventually flew to the far side of the river & perched on a low lying tree at the river’s edge. During flight, you could see the white back set against the medium to dark brown wings (depending on the sunlight exposure). A lot of other good birds were also seen 9/18 at SIWR: Scarlet tanagers, Magnolia warblers, Black & white warbler, Am redstart, Red-eyed & White-eyed vireos, Green heron, Swainson’s thrush, pair of Ospreys, male & female pair Belted kingfishers, Ruby-throated hummingbirds at Jewelweed, Eastern phoebe, Eastern wood peewee, & Indigo buntings galore. PS, apologies for the late posting of this sighting, but re-subscribing to the TN birdlist took some figuring out. Robert & Leigh Loveday Knoxville, TN =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________