This morning there were 4 White-fronted geese on the back shoreline of the Stilt pond in Blount County. This is the small pond between Hitch Pond and Phelp's Pond. There were also 2 pair of Woodducks, 1 female Bufflehead and 10 Mallards on the Stilt pond. Nothing on Hitch pond except for a fisherman. Phelp's pond was quite too with a single pair of Mallards the only waterfowl. There were 2 Killdeer flying over it and a total of 20 Great blue heron in the trees with 14 being on nests in Phelps pond. I finally saw the Loggerhead shrike on Roy Goddard Road and found 2 of Dean's shrike caches. Seven Tree swallows were cavorting over the Miser Station mudflats and on Lillard Lane there were the usual 100+ Canada geese and 10 Sandhill cranes all of which appeared to be in pairs but not displaying. No Ospreys yet at Scenic Point or Louisville Point Park. There were 3 Great blue herons on nests in a single tree between the marina and park. Warren Bielenberg Maryville <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. =================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 _____________________________________________________________