Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 Shelby Bottoms, Andersen Recreation Area Fitness Trail and Old Hickory Dam (Davidson Co., TN) 9am-5pm Took a quick look around the Nashville area Sunday for some good birds recently reported on the Hickory/Priest CBC. After searching most of the morning, Phillip Casteel and I could not relocate the LeConte's Sparrows at Shelby Bottoms, however we did find a couple of SEDGE WRENS. Despite not having explicit directions I found my way to the Andersen Rec. Area Fitness Trail on the west side of Percy Priest Lake. It was surprisingly well-signed coming from I-40. However, in spite of an intensive 3 hour search I could not relocate the Merlin seen here on the count. Batting 0-2 I decided to try Old Hickory Dam where an Eared Grebe had been reported. Mercifully, the EARED GREBE was still present between the dam and the peninsula. Good Birding! Jay Desgrosellier Nashville, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 =========================================================