I spent this evening Oct 11 birding at Rankin Bottoms Avocet 1 White Pelican 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Great Egret 93 Great Blue Heron 33 Double Crested Cormorant 100 Mallard 6 Mixed flock of blue and green winged teal. 40 Coot 3 Crow 8 Belted Kingfisher 1 Canada Goose. 20. There was a strangely colored goose in this group with a light head and broad white patches on the wings. The birds were distant and as I was watching 3 low flying paragliders put all of the birds in the area into the air. These motorized parachutes flew over the mudflats at about twice the height of the trees above high water. Most birds quickly returned when the aircraft left but I did not see the goose again. Is this sort of disturbance common at Rankin Mark Alston Knoxville Sent from my iPhone* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2012 FALL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM AT NASHVILLE October 12-14 The Nashville Chapter of the TOS will host TOS members and all other interested birders to the Fall Meeting and Symposium on October 12-14, 2012. The host hotel is the Baymont Inn, 111 Penn Warren Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027. call 1-615-376-4666 to make a reservation. For more details: http://www.tnbirds.org/downloads/warbleraug12.pdf =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________