Ol' Coot wrote : > I usually start my year at Reelfoot trying for that magic 100 number on > the > first day of the year... The very first bird I observed on New Year's Day 2006 was the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Someone on TN-Birds had just mentioned a trip to Noxubee WMA ( in Mississippi, near Starkville ). To celebrate the new year, we drove down, poked around in the dark at 5:30am and watched the woodpeckers wake up. The place was soon buzzing with Red-cockaded Woodpeckers... which ought to be named the White-cheeked Woodpeckers, but who am I... Very cool bird. The complete list of the new year's birds we saw ( ...Golden-crowned Kinglet, White-breasted Nuthatch... ) would be out of scope for this Tennessee list. But it was the mention of the TOS Noxubee trip on TN-Birds that gave us the idea to go. Robert Fowler Memphi TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________