From GABO-L sent by Steve Holzman from Athens, Ga. Even with the new Department of Homeland Security in place, a large winged creature made it through Tennessee and Georgia without detection One of last year's ultralight-whoopers showed up this morning at Chassahowitzka NWR in FL.She had been missing from Wisconsin since Nov. 14. She traveled about 1200 miles in 7 days. Pretty amazing. Steve I believe this is possibly female # 7. If so she is the bird who split away from the group last year on their unassisted northward migration. Your right Dee, I do believe she does possess an independent streak. I wonder what her rank was in the pecking order? Jimmy Wilkerson Hixson, Tn. l =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================