Yesterday morning (Feb. 6) while fishing in the Beaver Creek arm of Melton Hill Reservoir, I heard and then saw an osprey-early migrant or winter resident? As the osprey flew off to the north it began pursuing an adult plumage bald eagle. Both birds quickly disappeared over the ridge northeast of the Beaver Creek embayment. I moved up the reservoir later but failed to relocate either of the birds. On the way back into the Clark Center boat ramp I saw nine Bonaparte's gulls. Wes James Oak Ridge, TN Wesley K. (Wes) James, Wildlife Biologist Tennessee Valley Authority, Resource Stewardship Little Tennessee Watershed Team 260 Interchange Park Drive Lenoir City, TN 37772-5664 865-632-1312 Fax: 865-632-1313 wkjames@xxxxxxx =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================