Yesterday morning 8 KTOSers observed the following birds: peacocks near the parking area greeted us as we arrived. blue-gray gnatcatcher, Yellow-breated chat, white-throated sparrow, cowbird, mourning dove, scarlet tanager, eastern towhee, great blue heron, common yellowthroat, song sparrow, eastern bluebird, canada goose, field sparrow, american goldfinch, common grackle, pine warbler, eastern phoebe, carolina wren, carolina chickadee, northern cardinal, european starling, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, american crow, osprey, white-eyed vireo, northern parula, COMMON LOON, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, cedar waxwing, blue jay, northern rough-winged swallow, tufted titmouse to get to this TVA public land, take the watt rd exit and go north until you get to everett rd on thr right, turn and follow the rd to a garvel drive thathas a small sign that reads TVA Hickory Bend. The access trail (about a mile) leads back to this 250 ac piece of land on the Clinch River/ Melton Hill reservoir. Bird On! Mark Campen, knoxville, 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 _____________________________________________________________