14 APR 03 Steele Creek Park Musick's Lakeside Campground Bristol, TN Rack Cross Sammy Cross Today we found four singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and numerous BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS at Steele Creek Park in the pines surrounding the grassland area. Later at Musick's Lakeside Campground two OSPREY were putting on quite the diving show and a COMMON LOON in breeding plumage was in close range. About 100 RING-BILLED GULLS and a single HERRING GULL were also seen. Three DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS came and left during our visit. 'Til we bird again Rack Cross Blountville, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958