On January 1, Bob and Jean Montgomery, Laverne and I went to Laurel Bed Lake hoping to see the Long-tailed Duck observed and filmed by Ed and Michelle Talbot on the Russell County BC Christmas Count. As we pulled into the 2nd parking area we saw 2 Bald Eagles, an adult and a sub adult. Later on we saw a first year Bald Eagle at the upper end of the lake. We were able to locate, Pied-billed Grebes, Common Loon, Red-breasted Merganser and Common Raven but not the Long-tailed Duck. Bob and Diana Riggs arrived later and they braved the brutal weather conditions and hiked to the area of the beaver ponds. They reported Horned Grebe, Common Goldeneye, American Coot among other sightings. Tom & Laverne Hunter ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ =========================================================== Mailing List For Buchanan County Bird Club website: www.bcbirdclub.org Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/bcbirdclub =========================================================== Administrative contact: donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================