I finally found a Long-tailed duck at Lake Tansi, Cumberland Co., this morning. The ducks are thinning out, but the divers are still diverse. Ed LeGrand Cumberland Co.,TN Lake Tansi, Cumberland, US-TN Feb 24, 2014 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 16.0 mile(s) Comments: Lake Tansi marina, beach, and Arrowhead Dr.; Lake Hiawatha, drive to and from Leffle Webb Road; 33-35 degrees, clear, breezy 32 species Canada Goose 20 Mute Swan 1 usual bird at Arrowhead Dr. cove Wood Duck 7 Hiawatha Mallard 5 Canvasback 110 Hiawatha (counted) Redhead 50 cove at bridge Ring-necked Duck 50 half at Tansi, half at Hiawatha Greater Scaup 9 4 females and 2 males at Tansi in usual location across from the Tansi office; 2 females and 1 male at Hiawatha Lesser Scaup 1 Hiawatha; male Long-tailed Duck 1 adult male well seen at 200 yards from beach for several minutes; had orange distal half of bill, long black tail seen several times as it dove (but plume never seen while it was sitting on the water) Bufflehead 30 Ruddy Duck 5 3 at Tansi, 2 at Hiawatha Pied-billed Grebe 8 Horned Grebe 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 150 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 overhead at Tansi Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 1 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 3 European Starling 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 30 flock overhead This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) =================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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. _____________________________________________________________ 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________