18 Aug thru 9 Oct 2007 Carver's Gap on Roan Mtn Carter Co., TN & Mitchell Co., NC This autumn was my 10th year of banding at Roan Mtn., with 921 birds (second highest total) of 47 species (ties highest number) banded. The 10 year total is 6590 birds of 77 species banded. The top 10 species this year were: Swainson's Thrush - 268 Black-thr. Blue Warbler - 200 Dark-eyed Junco - 75 Tennessee Warbler - 57 Wood Thrush - 48 Ovenbird - 36 Cape May Warbler - 20 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 20 Gray-cheeked Thrush - 19 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 16 The top 4 in this list have always been the top 4, just not always in the same order. As I recall, these are the same top 4 at the banding stations at Big Bald Mtn & Whigg Meadows, also. Record high numbers were banded for: Gray-cheeked, Swainson's, & Wood Thrushes, Cedar Waxwing, Cape May, Black-thr. Blue, Yellow-rumped, & Black-thr. Green Warblers, Ovenbird, & Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Conversely, Tennessee Warblers were in below average numbers, unlike at Whigg Meadows which reported record high numbers this year. Orange-crowned Warbler, N. Parula, & Summer Tanager were new for the station list. 21 species of warblers were banded this year & 28 species have been banded over the 10 year span. My thanks to the U.S. Forest Service for permission to band there. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN