Dale Swant called about 8AM this morning to report a leucistic plumage American Coot at the Franklin Co. Rec area, Wood's Reservloir. I am recovering from lumbar surgery--minor and successful -and Dale and Jeannie know what buttons to push to get me out of the house and MOVING! The bird was in a raft of about 500 regular coots, and my son's brother- in-law (he lives nearby and saw my car) and I got good looks through the scope. The other coots didn't seem to pay it any special attention, but we both noted that it seemed to be diving about three times as often as the others. The only other sightings of winter waterfowl were 10 or 15 COMMON LOONS and a smattering of PIED-BILLED GREBES plus a thousand more coots. Ruth Luckado Tullahoma, Tn Highland Rim Chpt--TOS P.S. I have a new laptop with that "finger touch cursor mover"--You, I'm sure, are glad that I have deleted all the "curse" words I used while typing this for the fourth time. =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________