At Watauga Lake in Carter Co., TN Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2004, I walked into Carden's Bluff Campground, which is closed for the winter, and glimpsed a large bird leaving a treetop just past the first picnic table on the left. My right brain said Bald Eagle, while my left brain told me all the other things it could be. I only saw a silhouette from the rear as it left (a true Rear-tailed Evader sighting!) I also heard American Crows start to fuss near the adjacent Rat Branch Boat Ramp at that time. After walking around Cardens Bluff a while, I drove over to Rat Branch. On the small, treed island left of the boat ramp sat an adult Bald Eagle in plain view on a snag, apparently watching the fishermen along the bank there. If it was the same bird, it must have been there the better part of an hour from the time it left Cardens Bluff until the time I finally left Rat Branch. Don Holt Johnson City, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****