Highlights of a few recent outings: 1 Oct 2008 South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co., TN Blue-wg. Teal - 15 Ruffed Grouse - 1 Com. Loon - 1 Pied-billed Grebe - 10 Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 2 Osprey - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 3 Peregrine Falcon - 2 imm., male & female note: 1 of the Cooper's mobbed & chased the female Peregrine. Tree Swallow - 110 Tenn. Warbler - 2 Orange-cr. Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler - 1 Chestnut-sd. Warbler - 1 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Palm Warbler - 3 Am. Redstart - 1 Ovenbird - 1 Com. Yellowthroat - 2 Savannah Sparrow - 5 ------------------------------------ 3 Oct 2008 southern Washington Co., TN Least Sandpiper - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 E. Wood-Pewee - 1 Blue-hd. Vireo - 1 Philadelphia Vireo - 1 Black-thr. Blue Warbler - 1 Palm Warbler - 8 Com. Yellowthroat - 2 Scarlet Tanager - 1 Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 ------------------------------------------------ 4 Oct 2008 Austin Springs, Washington Co., TN Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Osprey - 1 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Wilson's Snipe - 1 Chimney Swift - 400+ Blue-hd. Vireo - 1 Tree Swallow - 4 Palm Warbler - 2 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Swamp Sparrow - 3 ------------------------------------ 5 Oct 2008 Shady Valley, Johnson Co., TN Wild Turkey - 5 Black Vulture - 8 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Com. Raven - 2 Tenn. Warbler - 9 Black-thr Green Warbler - 1 Palm Warbler - 10 Com. Yellowthroat - 3 Swamp Sparrow - 4 ------------------------------------ Rick Knight Johnson City, TN