While eating lunch on John Sevier Lake (Rogersville, TN), scanning for shorebirds and waders - common moorhen! Also, below is an article about a study published in Nature about the effects of West Nile Virus on North American bird populations. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051601032.html?hpid=topnews David Kirschke, MD Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Office Johnson City, TN