While birding with our neice Hillary at Bedford Lake in Bedford Co (a TWRA managed Lake) we had an immature bald eagle...a first for that area....we have had them on the river but not at the lake itself. Also seen were: 8 species of ducks... Green winged Teal Bufflehead Ring-necked Duck Wood Duck Canvasback Black Duck Mallard Ruddy Duck We assume the Hooded Mergansers were there but never saw them... Yellow-rumped Warlers Juncos Female Yellow-shafted Flicker Downy Woodpecker Turkey Vulture Wild Turkeys Eastern Phoebe Eastern Bluebird Belted Kingfisher Killdeer Eastern Towhee (heard only) Weather was cool and sunny. it is such a delight to go out with "new birders" for she represents how I most enjoy birding- excitement and just soak in every good look at the birds. Our neice lives in Austin Texas and has taken up birding (making her aunt & uncle so proud!). She took us to to a neat spot called Hornsby Bend- settling ponds for sewage and compost spot for the city- while we visited in her in March. We saw the Least Grebe while there ( a lifer for us)...also had a Caracara and a beautiful look at the Lark Sparrow. Lots of ducks and a neat Chimney Swift tower project was there on display. On this Dec Wednesday, Hillary and I enjoyed watching the Phoebe in the sunlight and had the flicker drinking from the lake while perched on drift wood along the shore. We went to Woods Reservoir also...had the Horned Grebes, Loons, Coots, Hooded Mergansers, Savannah Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jay, E Bluebird....pied-billed Grebe, bufflehead, Canada geese...It is located in Franklin/Coffee Counties, I believe. She had her first Brown Creeper at our house (it's been a regular here since early October) in Normandy (Bedford Co) Melissa Turrentine Normandy TN Bedford Co =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________