Information and release schedules for the TVA lakes are also available online at www.tva.com/river/lakeinfo/index.htm Choose the reservoir of your choice from the drop-down list on the right-hand side of the screen. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, michael sylva wrote: > TVA estimates that Douglas Lake will be at 995.1 feet by midnight Friday, > 9/10. That's higher than it's been all summer, and nearly 10 feet deeper > than last weekend. That means no mudflats, virtually no shorebird habitat, > and barely any place to set up a scope at Rankin Bottoms. Also, 9/11 is the > opening of teal/wood duck hunting season. > Lake level info : 1-800-238-2264, punch "1" (current) or "2" predicted, then > "07" for Douglas Lake. > > Labor Day weekend at Rankin Bottoms, 15 shorebird species were recorded, > along with 7 heron species (including the cattle egrets seen by Don Holt, > Leslie Gibbens and I on Monday evening). My unoffical count of total birders > was 18, including Rack Cross, whom I can now add to my life list. > > Michael Sledjeski > Cocke county 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 > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > > =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================