The loon was still present and feeding actively as of 1 p.m. EST today. A scope was essential, although the limited power of mine, (15-45 but useless at the higher end), was suffcient for occasional excellent views. To clarify the directions just a bit, it is not quite 5 mi on GA 92 south of GA 85 to Antioch Rd., but it IS 5 miles from 92 to the spot where Antioch road* dead ends at the lake. It is from this spot that I joined several others already present and viewing the loon. *The lake is new (thus not present on the DeLorme map) and has submerged a section of Antioch Rd. This road apparently also reaches the lake from the south. Other public accesses to the lake are apparently scare and not well known. __________________________________________________ I have been lucky enough to find an incredibly wonderful bird. Jerry L. Ingles Sewanee, TN jeingles@xxxxxxxxxxx =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================