Waited till the drizzle stopped and returned to the Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County, TN at 3:35 this afternoon. The 3 Common Loons I saw here Monday were not on the water when I arrived but when I looked at approx. 4:20 one was on the water and five more quickly joined it, flying in from the east. I watched for 10 minutes as they swam and dived their way west, finally disappearing from view behind the vegetation. All six were resplendent in their breeding plumage. Good numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls are still present, many with hoods. On Monday I commented that the small heronry across Northshore was inactive. Not so today. Great Blue Herons were seen flying into it with nesting material and at one point I counted 11 Great Blue Herons standing in the trees, a couple of them standling on nests. Guess they're just getting a late start this year, maybe because of the cold winter?? Number of species: 25 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Common Loon 6 Great Blue Heron 12 Osprey 2 Bonaparte's Gull 68 Ring-billed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Pine Warbler 2 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Common Grackle 2 American Goldfinch 20 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Carole Gobert, Knoxville, 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________