Late Saturday afternoon (around 5 p.m.) I saw 3 horned grebes at the Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County. They were on the pond to the left just off the parking lot near the pavilion. They hadn't been there when I arrived about a half hour earlier. I watched them from pretty close range for about 15 minutes as they swam and took short dives in that pond; they were just close enough to photograph with a chance of getting back decent pictures. They weren't at all spooked by me or other people in the area. I watched them until they slowly swam away to the east. Came back Sunday morning at 10:30 and one of them was at the same location but already leaving. It was taking extended dives as it moved eastward toward the boats docked at the yacht club. It never resurfaced after its last dive. Other birds on the water were mallards, coots, ring billed gulls and a great blue heron. I took 12 photos of the grebes Saturday but I fear they are cursed. Sunday afternoon I went to Pellissippi State Campus (also in west Knox County) and finished off the roll of film so I could see if I had any decent shot of the grebes. Took some nice portrait shots of ring billed gulls in the parking lot and walked around the pond with the idea of filming the lesser scaup. One was sleeping on the pond and the other two were sleeping on the bank. One of the bank scaup actually let me get close and take what would have been some great photos, but then my luck took a nose dive. The film didn't rewind (first time that's ever happened) so when I opened the camera to change rolls I exposed at least part of the roll, so I'm sure those great shots of the scaup are gone. After desperately trying everything I could think of to get the film to rewind, including changing the camera batteries, I ended up rewinding it manually in a dark bathroom. Dropped the film off at Walgreen's one hour photo around 5:10 . Half an hour later they called me, said their machine had malfunctioned and they'd call me in about an hour when it was fixed. Well, Monday morning it's still not fixed, they're going to send it to another store to develop. So, if I didn't destroy all the pictures on the roll in removing it from the camera, if Walgreen's doesn't lose it or malfunction it, if the grebes weren't too far away, etc. I may have some photos of them. Carole Gobert, Knox County, Tennessee =================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 _____________________________________________________________