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 ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org 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. -------------------------------------------------- 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-****