Early this afternoon I spotted a female Northern Shoveler feeding with five Gadwalls at a small pond located on Countiss Road, Washington County, VA. There were also two Mallards on the pond. I went back again around 4:30 p.m. but they were gone. A lone Killdeer was feeding along the shoreline of a nearby pond, and a cold looking Eastern Phoebe, despite the heavy snow falling, was still hunting from a small bush at the edge. At the Nicewonder Pond, Exit 10, I-81, I could see nine Ring-necked Ducks through the snowfall, doing their usual: taking turns diving under the water. May all your birds be wild. Ron Harrington Bristol, VA ************************************************* 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-****