March 21, 2007 David Kirschke (from Johnson City) and I birded a little over two hours this evening at Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC) and nearby areas in western Greene County. Highlights were: Wood Duck (8 on Green Road) Gadwall (10) Blue-winged Teal (16) Northern Shoveler (4 on Gravel Woods Road) Green-winged Teal (12) Ring-necked Duck (32 on Gravel Woods Road) American Bittern (seen at WMDC, third pond) Cooper's Hawk (at WMDC) Virginia Rail (heard at WMDC, third pond) Greater Yellowlegs (heard at WMDC) Wilson's Snipe (2 at WMDC) Eurasian Collared-Dove (on Highway 348 adjacent to West Greene High School) Purple Martin (2 at WMDC) Tree Swallow (2 at WMDC) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (12 at WMDC) Brown Thrasher Savannah Sparrow (6 at WMDC) Rusty Blackbird (5 on Gravel Woods Road) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________