Hello area and TN Birders, I took an extended lunch today to go to Middlebrook lake to look for the Long-tailed Duck that was reported yesterday by Rack Cross et al.. While I didn't find the Duck with the Long Tail, I did find two, male Canvasback Ducks mixing in with the Hooded Mergansers (not very well, I might add). There was the normal compliment of other birds - Canada Geese (some very interesing hybrid geese were mixed in), Mallards, Coots, and Herons(3). I noticed a few Vultures (3-4) but the roost must have been out to lunch. I hung around long enough to see Tom and JT McNeil come driving in just as a HUGE group of gulls were flying back in. I felt like I was at a hawk watch on a big day as they just kept appearing out of nowhere flying in from the north in a steady stream. I had been looking at the Canvasback when I heard the wind off their wings at such a volume I had to look up. Middlebrook lake is located in eastern Sullivan County in Bristol, TN Nice lunch break. -- Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________