Late yesterday, we surveyed Douglas Lake from Taylor's Bend (just downstreamfrom Dutch Bottoms) to Swann's Bridge (the I-40 crossing), an area over 5 miles in length, and 1/2 to 1 mile wide (all in Jefferson County). Lake elevation is just over 952 - about as low as it gets, resulting in extensive shallows and mudflats along this stretch. Good observation points are few - most of the lakeshore is privately owned and without nearby public roads. The TWRA boat launch off Hwy 113 is set back from the lake and lacksenough water to launch a canoe. We scoped the area from "Lighthouse Point" at Baneberry, and canoed about 1 mile upstream from Swann's Bridge. Many of the birds we saw, especially waterfowl, were too far away to identifyconclusively. Most notable: American Black Duck ( 2) Northern Shoveler (6) Ruddy Duck (7) Double-crested Cormorant (8) Great Blue Heron (200+) Great Egret (52) Bald Eagle Killdeer (12) Least Sandpiper (11) Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull (100+) Red-headed Woodpecker (1 adult, 1 immature at Lighthouse Point) Michael Sledjeski &Leslie Gibbens Cocke County =================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 _____________________________________________________________