01-26-06 Bledsoe County I arrived at the pond 0.9 mile east of US Route 127 on Nine Mile Crossroad in northern Sequatchie Valley at 5:45 PM Eastern. De Lorme p 41 C 5. Already at this location was Kenny Benge from Franklin TN. He had seen several N. Harriers. At 6:00 PM Eastern the first Short-eared Owl appeared from the grass behind the pond, and flew to the large tree Northwest of the pond. The first owl was shortly joined by 2 other in the tree, with a forth harassing a N. Harrier. The owls perched in the tree afforded great scope views for a Life Look for Kenny. A local lady stopped to ask what we were looking at, and checked out our scope view of the owls and harriers. In total 4 Short-eared Owls and at least 5 N. Harriers. By 6:20 the show was over. Clyde Blum Signal Mountain, TN (Near Chattanooga) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________