31 August 2004 Wallace Coffey and Chris O'Bryan birded the following vicinities, Austin Springs, Boone Lake, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Double-crested Cormorant~eight (8) Great Blue Heron~one (1) Also observed: Eastern Painted Turtle (one male)~two (2) Green Frog (calling)~one (1) Saint John's Pond, Watauga Community, Washington County, Tennessee, *Northern Shoveler (first year bird, first fall plumage, first fall record)~one (1) *There is three (3) past records (one (1) in July and two (2) in August of past years) Chinquapin Grove Road, Underwood Spring Branch mud flat, Sullivan County, Tennessee, *Black Vulture~fourty-two (42) * two or three of the specimens were "airing out" their wings some were in the water and some appeared to be scavenging. Christopher O'Bryan Piney Flats, 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-****