From my cruise on the TN River on Saturday in the area of Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge near Dayton, TN from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm February 21 in the company of Rick Houlk and Ken Dubke. 1 red-tailed hawk 7 bald eagles (5 immature, 2 mature on the nest) 8 black vultures 3 turkey vultures 5 American coots 500 sandhill cranes in flight 1500 ring-billed gulls 2 belted kingfishers 7 tree swallows feeding over the water! 6 American crows 30 double-breasted cormorants, inclusive of 2 delayed immatures 12 great blue herons, some in flight, some on their nests Earlier, 7:45 am, crossing the TN River bridge on Hwy 30 between Dacatur and Dayton 1000 sandhill cranes leaving the roost images and more details: _http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/_ (http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/) Vickie Henderson Knoxville, TN **************You can't always choose whom you love, but you can choose how to find them. Start with AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000002) =================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 _____________________________________________________________