Recent birds at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, TN include Canada Geese - (276) 12/29/08 Mallards - (101) 12/19 Redheads - (1 male 1 female) 12/28 Pied-billed Grebe - 12/28, 12/31, 1/2/09 Great Blue Heron - 12/30, 12/31 Black Vultures - (2) 12/23, (8) 12/30 Merlin - 12/23 Ring-billed Gulls - 12/28, (15) 12/31 Eastern Screech-Owl - 12/30 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 12/23, 12/28 Hairy Woodpecker - 12/28 Common Ravens - (2) 12/31 Brown Creeper - 12/28 Winter Wren - 12/30 Hermit Thrush - 12/28 Pine Siskins - (1-6) daily Checklists and recent postings can be found on the Friends of Steele Creek Nature Center and Park web-site at http://www.friendsofsteelecreek.net/ Butterfly and moth sightings are sent to "BUTTERFLY NET" Other sightings are sent to "BUTTERNUTS" Photographs can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/27634081@N06/ The Nature Calendar for NE TN/ SW VA can be viewed at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=eHlvbjQyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ Events to be added to the calendar, or updates and corrections to events already posted, should be sent to larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx Larry McDaniel _________________________________________________________________ Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/