A great day on the Cumberland
 

One of my coworkers took me out on his boat today and we had a most excellent day fishing the Cumberland River and some of the tributary creeks. Rather than posting a bunch of pics, I thought I'd just link to the post on my blog:

http://www.landinglunkers.com/2012/0...-to-tennessee/

If putting up links is a no-no, let me know and it won't happen again but I thought it would be better than me trying to post a bunch of pics here. I wanted to get into some crappie as well but we never did find them and that's ok, the bass more than made up for it.
And, was I right; is that a red-tailed hawk? Man, that was one angry bird..it kept trying to dive bomb us because we were fishing too close to its nest.
I've been here for 6 months now and I am loving Tennessee more and more every day. What a great fishery this state has!

Nice looking scenery....boat......and fish...congrats.

No Cigar
 

No Redtail there. That is an Osprey, or Fish Eagle. Fairly common in these areas. Cool pics though

Bird Nest ...<'TK><
 

Ah ok, thanks. First time I've seen one of those birds and my fishing partner also had no idea. I came home and did a search for birds of Tennessee and the red-tailed hawk was the closest thing I could find.

Osprey
 

In my opinion the prettiest birds of all. For the last two years a bald eagle has been nesting in a big cottonwood just below cordell hull dam. It's a sight to see. H

There are Osprey and Bald Eagles at Cordell Hull Dam. My son and I had the good fortune to see one of the parents swoop down in front of us and catch a fish and then take it back to the nest which was on the top of the hill overlooking the dam. It landed in the nest as the other parent took off and flew what I call "air escort" over the nest while the one in the nest was apparently feeding the young. Eagles are showing up more and more places here each year.



Regards