I spent a portion of December 9 in the field, concentrating on the river from the rowing center up to Wolftever Creek and totaled 76 species for Hamilton co. Highlights included: Standifer Gap: 1 Palm Warbler 1 Rusty Blackbird 1 Brown Creeper 50+ Gadwall Brainerd Levee: 10 Northern Pintails 6 Green-winged Teal 10 Northern Shovelers 3 American Pipit Windward Point: 2 Red-breasted Mergansers 4 Greater Scaup 30 Lesser Scaup 10 Common Goldeneye 10 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 26 Horned Grebes 25 Common loons Wolftever Creek area: 500+ Bonaparte's Gulls 1 Herring Gull (adult) 17 Double-crested Cormorants. A high number for area. 70 Sandhill Cranes. Seemed very confused, circled over for about an half hour. Soddy Lake: 12 Ring-necked Ducks 31 Ruddy Ducks 20 Hooded Mergansers Craven's House trails: 8 Winter Wrens Kevin Calhoon Chattanooga, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================