03.10.03 Monsanto Ponds (Columbia) Maury County, TN 10:00 a.m.-11 a.m. Sunny/Cool 35 degrees Took an auto tour around Monsanto Ponds this morning--no, I did not hop any fences to get to the observation areas. There was good viewing without having to resort to getting stuck in a chain link fence! (Been there, done that!) Purple Martin--3 Beeauutiful males Tree Swallow--30! At first there were 9...then 24, finally topped out at 30. These were seen all on the same wire with the martins. Pictures available. Common Grackle--6 Hooden Merganser--12 males seen, unsure of female tally Canada Goose--40+ Anna Varney Summertown, TN _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail =================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 =========================================================