Friday May 19 Robertson Co TN Hwy 256 Farm Pond The Fulvous Whistling Duck of Robertson Co. gave exquisitely close views Friday morning around 11:30 AM despite a mild drizzle. Once again, farm implementation in the form of a crop sprayer helped to flush the duck which was standing with a small group of Canada geese along the far eastern shore of the pond (directly behind the barn). The FUWD then followed the geese as they swam to the south side of the pond all the way to the small cove to the far right nearest the highway. It preened for quite awhile as the geese and their goslings milled about. He certainly didn't seem to be too spooked by the little bit of highway traffic going by. I watched for awhile as he appeared to eat the tops of the buttercups blooming in the field surrounding the pond. Went out Sunday afternoon, but did not locate him then and have not heard if anyone else has since then. Till next time. Steve Routledge Clarksville -Montgomery Co. 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 _____________________________________________________________