The Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County continues to the be a good place to see horned grebes in Knox County. Had at least 7 of them late this morning (Saturday) swimming and diving in very close. Not much else on the water. Just 3 Mallards and some domesticated muscovies & geese. About 50 ring billed gulls with at least 3 Bonapartes mixed in. Several Great Blue Herons and a Belted Kingfisher. A flock of about 30 Cedar Waxwings in a tree across Northshore. A Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. I've been noticing an abundance of Northern Cardinals in my yard this winter. I've been doing Cornell's Project Feederwatch for the past 5-6 winters and this winter my number of cardinals has more than doubled. The previous 5 years I was reporting 2 or 3; this year it's 6 or 7 every weekend. I wonder if it's a trend or just something peculiar to my yard. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee _________________________________________________________________ The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/ =================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 _____________________________________________________________