Glen Eller and I arrived at Rankin Bottoms (Cocke County) about 9 a.m this morning (Tuesday, July 8) and were able to observe the REDDISH EGRET among many Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons. Since we were looking basically east from the gravel road, the lighting was not the best, especially at first, but we had good looks and had plenty of opportunities to watch the Egret's feeding antics. If you go later in the day, when the sun is behind you, the viewing should be better, but the temperature will probably be higher. Other birds included Wood Ducks Turkey Vultures Black Vultures (many) Osprey (2) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (in the trees along the gravel road before we stopped to view the Egret) Kingfisher Indigo Bunting Field Sparrow Thanks to Rick Knight and Don Miller for travel instructions. Roy Knispel Johnson City, Washington County, TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________