Hey bristolbirders and butternuts, Best bird find of my day Saturday was a pond at the intersection of Hairetown Rd. and Pleasant Valley Rd. in Washington Co, TN. It held 24 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shovelers, and a Blue-winged Teal. Also on Corby Bridge Rd. near Keebler Rd. in the pond behind the missing house were 6 more Blue-winged Teal. Turtles were also basking in numbers today. I saw toothworts, bloodroot and rue anemone blooming in several places today. Also spicebush. A flowering plum in a neighbor's yard was full of bees, plus a few Eastern Commas and Question Marks. Whites and yellows are out and about. I looked for Henry's Elfin, but no luck. The redbud flowerbuds are still pretty tight. Depending on the weather, I might go to Weavers Bend in Cocke Co. Sunday Morning to look for early flowers, birds, and butterflies, before I go to Greeneville to meet up with the Greenevillle Bird Club for lunch and a field trip to western Greene Co. Anybody interested in joining me can call my cell phone 423 914-5862 anytime tonight or in the morning. I'll probably try to leave the house around 8 am. That should give me a couple of hours to look around at Weavers Bend. Don Holt Johnson City, 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-****