Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN March 21, 2004 Brainerd Levee Gadwall, 2 N Shoveler, 15 Blue-winged Teal, 10 Green-winged Teal, 30 Barn Swallow, 2 N Rough-winged Swallow, 4 Tree Swallow, 20 American Pipit, 2 Vesper Sparrow, 1 Harrison Bay State Park Common Loon, 1 Purple Marten, many, along highway 58 several hundred feet out over the water Tree Swallow, I counted 100+ but there were apparently many more, all over the water except where the Martens were Standifer Gap Marsh Red-shouldered Hawk eating what must have been a 2-ounce Blue Jay, apparent parent Jay trying to drive Hawk away, sometimes perching within 2 feet of the Hawk David Patterson Chattanooga =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================