A female Hooded Merganser was found at Middlebrook Lake, in east Bristol today (11/3). Also present were 3 American Coots. This is the first 2003 fall record reported for the Hooded Merganser. Last fall's early bird was 21 Oct 2002. The pond across the road from the lake has two Mute Swans. Musick's Campground had 5 Green-winged Teal and and a Double-crested Cormorant among other more frequent species. Let's go birding.... Wallace Coffey Bristol ************************************************* 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-****