Cane Creek Park, Cookeville, TNNovember 26, 2008Yesterday, (Wed.) while waiting for my son to get out of class at Tenn. Tech, I ventured over to Cane Creek Park on the West side of town. About 8:15 the sun was getting up and thawing things out for a good day on the lake, and in the surrounding trees and shrubs. The lake contained about 11 Ruddy Ducks, 14 Buffleheads, 3 Ring-necked, about 150 coots, 5 Pied-billed grebes. and mallards and canada goose that may have been a mix of locals or travelers?? I also had pine siskin mixed in with the goldfinches in the sycamore trees, and juncos, cedar waxwings, chipping sparrows, robins, bluebirds, and 3 rusty blackbirds all feeding on different types of berries in the trees and on the ground. I also had 5 species of woodpeckers (NO hairy or Red-headed) and the rest of the woodland mix of yellow-rumps, to white-throated sparrows. It was a good two hours. This seems like a good place for future visits, and very accessible with the trails and roads for easy walking.Ben BrittonMorristown, TN _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________