While vacationing in Williamsburg, VA the first week of August this year my family enjoyed a stop at Jamestown Settlement. This would mark our first visit to our nation's first permanent settlement. While watching the terns and gulls glide near the shore of the James River at the John Smith statue we were taken aback when two Bald Eagles flew over our heads at about 30 feet. Their seven foot wingspan caught more than our attention! We were reminded at that moment that we were glad to be birders and blessed to be an Americans! 'Til we bird again Rack, Carol, Jami, Kami and Sam Cross Blountville, 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-****