Folks A quick late evening walk around Beaver Lake produced the following: Blue-winged Teal - flock now up to 24 American Coot -6 Pied-billed Grebe -2 Ring-necked Duck - 2 females Green Heron -2 Greater Yellowlegs -1 Pectoral Sandpiper -1 Spotted Sandpiper -1 It looks like the sheer quantity of water that flowed down the creek last night has burst the beaver dam closer to the boardwalk- it was certainly rushing! Thanks Tom for alerting us to the shorebirds. Lake Julian had 5 Blue-winged Teal and 3 female Northern Shoveler Simon -- Simon Thompson Ventures Birding and Nature Tours PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776 Phone: 828.253.4247 Travel AT birdventures.com New Website: www.birdventures.com Simon Thompson & Chris Jaquette Wild Birds Unlimited 1997 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Phone: 828.687.9433 E-mail: Birdhut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.asheville.wbu.com