April 19, 2008 Greene County I observed the following today: Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal (14) Wild Turkey (5) Bald Eagle (4 (2 adults, 2 subadults) at the Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area unit located at the intersection of Highway 348, North Mohawk Road, and South Mohawk Road; this is one of the most astonishing birding experiences I have ever had in Greene County; three birds flew over, headed west, within a minute or so at about 6:05 p.m.; the fourth bird followed about 25 minutes later, headed in the same direction; before this evening, I had recorded a total of only four Bald Eagles in the county in the last decade) Greater Yellowlegs (Baughard Hill Road) Solitary Sandpiper (2--1 Baughard Hill Road, 1 McMillian Road) Wilson's Snipe (16) Eastern Kingbird Purple Martin (5) Tree Swallow (34) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (16) Barn Swallow (17) House Wren (7) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Brown Thrasher (10) Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat (3) Chipping Sparrow (5) Lincoln's Sparrow (singing, Yellow Springs Road) Purple Finch (12) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org 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-****