Stopped off at Booker T Washington Park in Hamilton Co around noon on my way to Atlanta for a meeting today to look for the Pacific loon and surf scoter. The scoter was at Chickamuga Dam and was the first thing I saw when I got out of the car. Never saw a pacific loon but there were 2 red-throated loons at Booker T Washington Park, which were last seen swimming north out of view (as I ran back from the car with my camera). Also stopped off at Buford Dam in Gwinnett Co, GA to look for the Iceland gull spotted yesterday. After striking out at the spot reported on the GABO listserv I finally ran into a couple of local birders looking through a scope way out on a point in a closed county park near dusk and got a life gull. Location: Chickamauga Dam Observation date: 1/26/09 Number of species: 8 Canada Goose X Surf Scoter 1 Common Goldeneye 9 Red-throated Loon 2 Pied-billed Grebe X Horned Grebe X Great Blue Heron X Ring-billed Gull X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Distant surf scoter photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/3230676726/ David Kirschke Nashville, 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 _____________________________________________________________