31 August 2004 Wallace Coffey and Chris O'Bryan birded the following vicinities, Austin Springs, Boone Lake, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Double-crested Cormorant~eight (8) Great Blue Heron~one (1) Also observed: Eastern Painted Turtle (one male)~two (2) Green Frog (calling)~one (1) Saint John's Pond, Watauga Community, Washington County, Tennessee, *Northern Shoveler (first year bird, first fall plumage, first fall record)~one (1) *There is three (3) past records (one (1) in July and two (2) in August of past years) Chinquapin Grove Road, Underwood Spring Branch mud flat, Sullivan County, Tennessee, *Black Vulture~fourty-two (42) * two or three of the specimens were "airing out" their wings some were in the water and some appeared to be scavenging. Christopher O'Bryan Piney Flats, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================