Elizabethron Fall Bird Count: The Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS held its annual fall count on 29 Sep 2007. 26 observers in 7 parties + 2 feeder watchers participated. Area covered = Carter Co., & parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington Cos. 130 species were found, which is above the average of 124.4 species for the previous twenty years. The all-time high for this count is 137 species found in 1993. ---------------------- highlights: Great Egret: 118 - separate flocks of 75 & 43 (Both exceeded the previous high number for the region.) 10 species of raptors, including a Merlin & 2 Peregrines. Sora: 1 Baird's Sandpiper: 1 (First local record in 10 years.) Only 3 other non-Killdeer shorebird species. N. Saw-whet Owl: 1 Chimney Swift: 1270 (Third highest total on fall counts.) Red-headed Woodpecker: 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 7 Olive-sided Flycatcher: 1 5 vireo species, including 1 Philadelphia (scarce in NE Tenn.) Com. Raven: 13 (Found by 5 parties.) Red-breasted Nuthatch: 20 , including several found at low elevation sites. Am. Pipit: 1 23 warbler species: Tennessee: 60 Orange-cr.: 1 Nashville: 1 N. Parula: 2 Chestnut-sd.: 2 Magnolia: 9 Cape May: 10 Black-thr. Blue: 10 Yellow-rumped: 19 Black-thr. Green: 6 Blackburnian: 6 Yellow-throated: 1 Pine: 4 Palm: 64 Bay-breasted: 8 Black & white: 1 Am. Redstart: 2 Ovenbird: 8 N. Waterthrush: 1 Com. Yellowthroat: 4 Hooded: 5 Wilson's: 1 Canada: 1 a few migrant sparrows, including 3 Lincoln's & single Swamp & White-thr. Rose-br. Grosbeak: 173 Bobolink: 2 Pine Siskin: 15 -------------------------- Parties: 1) Tom McNeil, David Kirschke, Jim & Darla Anderson. 2) Fred & JoAnn Alsop, Paul Haynes, Mark & Marci Dunaway. 3) Gary Wallace, Bryan Stevens, Reece Jamerson, Tess Cumbie, Brookie & Jean Potter, David Thometz, Glen Eller. 4) Wallace & Carolyn Coffey. 5) Joe McGuiness, Kim Stroud. 6) Rick Knight, Gil Derouen. 7) Mark Hopey, Kathy Gunther, Cleo Mayfield (operating Big Bald banding station). Feeder watchers: Brenda Wallace, Peggy Stevens. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick Knight, compiler Johnson City, TN