Gilbert Derouen, Reece Jamerson and Bryan Stevens did some birding at Winged Deer Park/Austin Springs, Johnson City, and St. John Pond, Watauga, from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Feb. 19. We had 32 species. Some standouts included: 500+ Ring-billed Gulls, American Pipits (3) and Wilson's Snipe (2) at Austin Springs), Eastern Towhee (10, all males, in the only brush remaining near the waterfront at Winged Deer Park), House Wren (1) and several raptors: Red-tailed Hawk (7), Cooper's Hawk (1), Sharp-shinned Hawk (1), Turkey Vulture (13) and Black Vulture (13). In Unicoi County, in Limestone Cove, Bryan Stevens found 11 Wild Turkeys on his way home. We'll be reporting our sightings to the Great Backyard Bird Count 2005, being held through Monday. Bryan Stevens, Hampton, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****