Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN June 8, 2004 Least Bittern, 2; watched one for an hour while it watched me wade, looking, no luck, for young and/or nest Virginia Rail, 3 sighted; heard others. Caution: In all the noise from Red-wings and Grackles some frogs (Northern Cricket Frogs?) can sound somewhat like Virginia Rails. Virginia White-tailed Deer, 1 large female Best Find: Two young men and their mothers, David and Cindy Hollie, Brandon and Sherie Croft. The guys look middle-school age, they are competent, correctly identified all we saw and heard, pointed out an Orchard Oriole nest and a flycatcher nest that they have tentatively identified as Acadian, no eggs June 5, adult in vicinity. We can look forward to their future postings on TN-bird. David Patterson Chattanooga =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================