September 3-12, 2008 A thumbnail sketch of bird activity I've recorded in Greene County during the last week and a half: Blue-winged Teal (2, Kinser Park, Sep. 7) Wild Turkey (4-6 (including young), Sep. 9-10) Pied-billed Grebe (1, Birdwell Mill Rd., Sep. 7) Great Egret (1, Sep. 7) Green Heron (1, Sep. 7) Black-crowned Night-Heron (1, Kinser Park, Sep. 7) Osprey (1, Allen's Bridge, Sep. 7) Sharp-shinned Hawk (1, Greeneville, Sep. 10) Cooper's Hawk (1, Sep. 9, 12) Solitary Sandpiper (1-3, Sep. 6-7, 12) Semipalmated Sandpiper (1, Cartwheel Rd., Sep. 6-7) Least Sandpiper (1-5, Sep. 6-7, 12) Pectoral Sandpiper (1, Birdwell Mill Rd., Sep. 7) Eastern Screech-Owl (1, at our home in Greeneville, Sep. 3, 10, 12) Common Nighthawk (1-40, Sep. 3, 5, 7, 9-12) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3, Sep. 7, 12) Chimney Swift (2-28, Sep. 3-5, 7-12) Eastern Wood-Pewee (1-5, Sep. 3-5, 7-10, 12) Empidonax species (1, Greeneville, Sep. 4) Willow Flycatcher (1, along lower Holly Creek, Sep. 12; confirmed by call, heard well twice) Great Crested Flycatcher (1, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5, 7) Eastern Kingbird (1, Sep. 4-5, 7) White-eyed Vireo (1-4, Sep. 3-5, 7-12) Yellow-throated Vireo (1, Greeneville, Sep. 3) Blue-headed Vireo (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Red-eyed Vireo (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4, 7-8, 11-12) Common Raven (2, Paint Creek Recreation Area and Hwy. 70 near NC line, Sep. 6) Tree Swallow (25, Sep. 6) Barn Swallow (2-5, Sep. 6, 10) House Wren (1-2, Sep. 4-5, 7, 12) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1-2, Sep. 5, 9, 12) Northern Parula (1, Greeneville, Sep. 3, 8) Chestnut-sided Warbler (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5) Magnolia Warbler (1-2, Sep. 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11) Blackburnian Warbler (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4, 8-11) Pine Warbler (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Prairie Warbler (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Black-and-white Warbler (1, Greeneville, Sep. 8) American Redstart (1-3, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5, 7-9, 11) Ovenbird (1, Greeneville, Sep. 7) Northern Waterthrush (1, along lower Holly Creek, Sep. 12) Common Yellowthroat (1, Greeneville, Sep. 8) Hooded Warbler (1, Sep. 6, 12) Yellow-breasted Chat (1, Greeneville, Sep. 9) Scarlet Tanager (1, Sep. 6-7) Savannah Sparrow (1, Sep. 12) Blue Grosbeak (1-3, Sep. 4-7, 12) Indigo Bunting (1-2, Sep. 6-11) 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-****