---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Stephany McNew" <stephmcnew@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mar 14, 2013 2:53 PM Subject: Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery and Alabama birding To: <KnoxvilleTOS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I drove to Eagle Bend this morning. Among the finds, I saw 4 female Hooded Mergansers, 1 Osprey, and 3 Wilson's Snipe. While this doesn't necessarily apply to TN, I returned yesterday from a trip to Dauphin Island. (I never met Jeff Wilson, but all of your tributes to him inspired me to spend my spring break birding southern Alabama.) Some highlights were a Swallow tailed Kite, fos Black and white Warbler, fos N Parula. I was especially excited to be the first person to find AL's FOS Prothonotary Warbler at the Shell Mounds. Happy birding! Stephany McNew Knoxville, TN