Sorry about earlier. I forgot to put in a subject. So if you didn't get this here it is. Oh yeah, Wallace I birded at Boyd Ridge. It is here in Buch.Co. It is a great place to find field birds. Area Birders, > >Today my father and I went to Boyd Ridge to sight in my .270 . >After we got done with that I did some birding. Since the area I was in was >a big field, I thought I would get some new sparrows. The Place is two large >fields with scrub, bushes,briars, and woodlands. There is a large cliff on >one side of the field. > >I didn't get the sparrows that I hoped for, but I did get two other >lifebirds. The Golden-Crowned and Ruby-Crowned Kinglets. I got good looks at >the female RC but just a quick enough look at the GC to distinguish what he >was. > >Birding was slow at first, but when I went to the lower field, it was >better. But only common winter birds. I did manage to get a good look, >however, at a Yellow-Rumped Warbler and my first Dark-Eyed Juncos of the >season. >Here is the complete list: > >Am. Crow- 1 >Song Sparrow- uncounted >Carolina Chickadee- uncounted, very numerous >Carolina Wren- 3 >Eastern Bluebird- uncounted >Tufted Titmouse- 2 >Dark-Eyed Junco- uncounted, very numerous >Pileated Woodpecker- 1 >Northern Flicker- 1 heard a second one >Hairy Woodpecker- 1 >Rose-Breasted Grosebeak- 1 >Am. Robin- uncounted, very numerous >Cedar Waxwing- uncounted, saw a flock fly in a tree >Ruby-Crowned Kinglet(LIFER)- 1 >Golden-Crowned Kinglet(LIFER)- 1 > > >Todd Perkins _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958