Douglas Lake, Cocke County 4:00-7:30 PM; April 1, 2007 Lake elevation: 970.3 The lake is just starting to back into Rankin Bottoms, which still isn't showing much mud or open water. We looked for birds from Rankin Bridge to Dutch Bottoms. Best numbers and variety were seen from Brown Hollow Road. Partial list: Wood duck (25) Mallard (18) Blue-winged teal (4) Green-winged teal (9) D.-c. cormorant (27) Osprey (8) Am. kestrel Killdeer (3) Least sandpiper (19) "peep" - (one last, but not least, sandpiper. Semipalm? Baird's? -a dim & distant view) Ring-billed gull (5) Tree swallow (8) Cliff swallow (15) Blue-gray gnatcatcher (FOS) Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________