Tom McNeil, JT McNeil, Don Holt, and Mike Poe enjoyed hanging out with the TWO Laughing Gulls on the Outer Bank this evening between 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Curtain calls were also answered by the two Pied-billed and two Eared Grebes, two Great Blue Herons (displaying at the end of the Outer Bank, with wings drooped low to the sides and heads pointed up, one approached slowly, then leaped over the other), three Forster's Terns, and a Spotted Sandpiper. Newcomers included one unidentified Tern species (a bit smaller, a bit darker dorsally, and faster wingbeat than Forsters), and a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Strange lighting, subtly and constantly changing, made for a beautiful evening as we enjoyed the birds. Don Holt Johnson City, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 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-****