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Here is the compilation for the TOS Meeting weekend in Northeast Tennessee.  
The birders fanned out into 2 states (NE TN and SW VA) for 2 days and found 121 
species of birds.  They were treated to a combined 25 Warbler Species, 3 Vireo 
Species, 6 Thrush Species, 8 Blackbird Species, and 3 rail species as 
highlights.  

Individual Highlights include: Virginia Rail at Steele Creek Park from Larry 
McDaniel (et al) which was a park record for the city park in Bristol and a 
Broad-winged Hawk sitting on its nest; 2 Virginia Rail and 1 Sora from Rick 
Knight (et al) out of Quarry Bog in Shady Valley, the Shady Valley groups also 
has a Swainson's Warbler with great views courtesy of Ron Hoff's scope;  Dick 
Peak saw a Evening Grosbeak fly across HWY 603 in the Laurel Vally Community of 
White Top; the Roan Mountain group got nice looks at a Pine Siskin nest, a 
Brown Creeper with nesting material in its mouth (note: I think the tree in 
question for a possible nest was just inside North Carolina on the road to the 
Rhododendron Gardens), and a Broad-winged Hawk flying over Round Bald (above 
Carver's Gap) with a snake in its talons.   I included a Nighthawk that I saw 
at my apartment in Elizabethton, TN,  as I was leaving to go to Roan Mountain 
to meet the group there on Sunday.  

The complete list below with a legend showing dates and abbreviations for 
places the birds were seen.  Great weekend!

W - White Top Mountain, VA (5/5/07),Ron Harrington and Dick Peak, 64 Species
R - Roan Mountain, TN (5/6/07), Rob Biller and Larry McDaniel, 70 Species
SH - Shady Valley, TN (5/5-6/07), Rick Knight, 69 Species
ST - Steele Creek Park (5/5/07), Larry McDaniel, 57 Species + Cuckoo (sp)
C- Clinch Mountain (5/5-6/07), Dave Worley, 55 Species
SU - Sugar Hollow and Sugar Hollow Wetland Trail, Bill Grigsby, Rob Biller, 
Larry McDaniel, + Various 

1.    Canada Goose (W, SH, ST, SU)
2.    Wood Duck (SH, C)
3.    Mallard (W, SH, ST, SU)
4.    Blue-winged Teal (SH)
5.    Ruffed Grouse (R)
6.    Wild Turkey (C)
7.    Great Blue Heron (SH, ST, C)
8.    Green Heron (SU)
9.    Black Vulture (SH, C)
10.  Turkey Vulture (W, SH, C)
11.  Osprey (SU)
12.  Cooper's Hawk (W)
13.  Broad-winged Hawk (R, C)
14.  Red-tailed Hawk (R, SH, ST, C)
15.  Merlin (C)
16.  Virginia Rail (SH, ST) - Park Record at Steele Creek in Bristol, TN
17.  Sora (SH)
18.  American Coot (C)
19.  Solitary Sandpiper (SH)
20.  Spotted Sandpiper (R, ST, C)
21.  Least Sandpiper (SH)
22.  Wilson's Snipe (SH)
23.  Forster's Tern (C)
24.  Rock Pigeon (SH)
25.  Mourning Dove (W, R, SH, ST, C)
25.5   Cuckoo sp.  (ST)
27.  Eastern Screech Owl (ST)
28.  Common Nighthawk (Elizabethton - as the compiler left for Roan MT)
29.  Chimney Swift (W, R, SH, ST)
30.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
31.  Belted Kingfisher (W, SH)
32.  Red-bellied Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
33.  Downy Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
34.  Hairy Woodpecker ( W, R)
35.  Northern Flicker (W, R)
36.  Pileated Woodpecker (R, SH, ST, C)
37.  Acadian Flycatcher (ST)
38.  Least Flycatcher (W, R, C)
39.  Eastern Phoebe (W, R, SH, ST, C)
40.  Great-crested Flycatcher (W, SU)
41.  Eastern Kingbird (C, SU)
42.  Yellow-throated Vireo (ST)
43.  Blue-headed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST)
44.  Red-eyed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
45.  Blue Jay (W, R, SH, ST, C)
46.  American Crow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
47.  Common Raven (R)
48.  Tree Swallow (W, R, SH, ST, C)
49.  Northern Rough-winged Swallow (R, SH, ST, C)
50.  Barn Swallow (W, R, SH, C, SU)
51.  Carolina Chickadee (W, R, SH, ST, C)
52.  Tufted Titmouse (R, SH, ST, C)
53.  Red-breasted Nuthatch (W, R)
54.  White-breasted Nuthatch (W, SH)
55.  Brown Creeper (R) Nesting Material in mouth, Just in North Carolina
56.  Carolina Wren (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
57.  House Wren (W, R, SH, SU)
58.  Winter Wren (W, R)
59.  Golden-crowned Kinglet (W, R, SH)
60.  Ruby-crowned Kinglet (W, R)
61.  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
62.  Eastern Bluebird (W, SH)
63.  Veery (W, R, C)
64.  Swainson's Thrush (ST, SU)
65.  Hermit Thrush (W)
66.  Wood Thrush (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
67.  American Robin (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
68.  Gray Catbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
69.  Northern Mockingbird (R, SH)
70.  Brown Thrasher (SH, C)
71.  European Starling (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
72.  Blue-winged Warbler (R, C)
73.  Golden-winged Warbler (R, C)
74.  Tennessee Warbler (W, ST)
75.  Northern Parula (W, R, SH)
76.  Yellow Warbler (W, R, ST, C, SU)
77.  Chestnut-sided Warbler (W, R, C)
78.  Magnolia Warbler (ST, C)
79.  Black-throated Blue Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C)
80.  Yellow-rumped Warbler [Myrtle] (R, SH)
81.  Black-throated Green Warbler (W,R, SH, ST, C)
82.  Blackburnian Warbler (W, R, ST)
83.  Yellow-throated Warbler (SU)
84.  Pine Warbler (SH)
85.  Blackpoll Warbler (SU)
86.  Black and White Warbler (W, R, SH)
87.  American Redstart (R, C)
88.  Worm-eating Warbler (ST)
89.  Swainson's Warbler (SH)
90.  Ovenbird (W, R, ST, C, SU)
91.  Louisana Waterthrush
92.  Kentucky Warbler (ST)
93.  Common Yellowthroat (R, SH, C, SU)
94.  Hooded Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
95.  Canada Warbler (W, R, SH, C)
96.  Yellow-breasted Chat (R, C)
97.  Summer Tanager (R, ST)
98.  Scarlet Tanager (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
99.  Eastern Towhee (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
100. Chipping Sparrow (W, R, SH)
101. Field Sparrow (W, R, ST, C)
102. Savannah Sparrow (SH, R) - next to 5512' Sign at Carver's Gap
103. Song Sparrow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
104. White-throated Sparrow (ST)
105. Dark-eyed Junco (W, R, SH)
106. Northern Cardinal (W, R, SH, ST, C)
107. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (W, R, SH, ST, C)
108. Indigo Bunting (W, R, SH, ST, C)
109. Bobolink (SH)
110. Red-winged Blackbird (W, SH, ST, C)
111. Eastern Meadowlark (SH)
112. Rusty Blackbird (SU - singing)
113. Common Grackle (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
114. Brown-headed Cowbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
115. Orchard Oriole (SH)
116. Baltimore Oriole (C, SU)
117. House Finch (W)
118. Pine Siskin (R) - Nest Located @ Hummingbird Hill
119. American Goldfinch (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
120. Evening Grosbeak ( W - Dick Peak) 
121. House Sparrow (W, SH) 
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Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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