Oct. 9-10-04 McKellar and TVA Lake Shelby Co. TN Over the last month I've looked over McKellar Lake from the few viewing areas available, time and time again but never found the Mottled Duck's hiding place. Finally on Saturday, I found over 300 Mallards taking a siesta in the rain on a sand bank. In the middle of the flock was the Mottled Duck. I checked TVA Lake over a dozen times on Saturday and Sunday but did not see the Mottled again until 4:45 on Sunday afternoon. It had pretty much drizzled all weekend long but the Mottled Duck is still hanging around and is as unpredictable as ever. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================