We checked out 3 areas on 11/11 as the cold front moved in during the late afternoon. Rain and cold wind kept us in the car most of the time, probably limiting our observations. Douglas Lake elevation was at 969.4, high for this time of year . *Dutch Bottoms, (from "Newport Beach", across from Dutch Bottoms Church): Çanada Goose Great Blue Heron (22) Great Egret (7) Killdeer (5) Least sandpiper (22) Dunlin (15) *Ten Islands (viewed from Brown Hollow Rd.) - teal & shorebird numbers like we've been seeing for the past 4 weeks: Green-winged teal (65) Great Blue Heron (19) Great egret Killdeer (10) Least sandpiper (48) Dunlin (75) Ring-billed gull (11) *Rankin Bottoms: Wood duck (4) Double-cr. cormorant (6) Great Blue Heron (13) Great egret (5) Black vulture (4) Ring-billed gull (3) Belted kingfisher Hermit thrush American pipit (42) Yelow-rumped warbler Song sparrow Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________