TN-birders, Dollyann & I checked out the Eagle Bend fish hatchery in Anderson County this afternoon. As expected, the Laughing Gull was gone BUT the first winter Bonaparte’s Gull was still there. They have now drained 2 more ponds, so more shorebird habitat, but unfortunately most of the large number of birds that were there Saturday have departed. Still there are: Blue-winged Teal – 2 Wood Duck – with 3 chicks in the far back left pond Great Egret – 1 (couldn’t find the darn thing during the count Saturday – figures!) Semipalmated Plover - 2 Spotted Sandpiper – 2 Solitary Sandpiper – 2 Lesser Yellowlegs – 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper – 1 Least Sandpiper – 6 White-rumped Sandpiper – 1 Great birding, Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers Clinton, TN