The aforementioned Wednesday (12 Oct) outing lead by Susan Hoyle and David Trently was SUCCESSFUL at finding the SAGE THRASHER. I forgot to do a count but somewhere around 15 people were able to see the bird. It didn't take too long to find the bird though it involved wading through some nasty briars. More than one of us paid for the lifer with blood. Once found, the bird was perfectly content to sit low in a tree and let all get great looks through the scope. We had the bird for almost 1 hour and it was still sitting there when we left. I'm downloading pictures now, not sure how good they will be. Ron Hoff was able to get some digiscoped shots as well which will probably be better. I will try to get a website up later today and will post to the group when I do. Dean Edwards Knoxville, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================