Good find. Sugar Hollow Road may have a golden-winged population of 10 to 20 birds. A Brewster's warbler has been located in the next cove over for the past seven years or more. That would be Hampton Creek Cove. Allan Trently, Terrestrial Zoologist Tennessee Valley Authority ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx >From: "Tom Howe" <tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx >To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [TN-Bird] Brewster's Warbler >Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:38:28 -0400 > >May 2, 2004 >Cherokee Ntl Forest >Roan Mt, TN >I spent the day hiking the Appalachian Trail from Carver's Gap east to >Yellow Mtn Gap then out Sugar Cove to Sugar Cove Rd. The highlights while >driving up rt 143 to Carver's Gap were singing LEAST FLYCATCHERS and >VEERY. ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAKS were numerous; no sign of Acadian >Flycatchers, and no Alder Flycatchers at the gap. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS >were in good numbers, some at the gap but many more along the ridge. Other >warblers included YELLOWTHROAT, CANADA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, >REDSTART, YELLOW-RUMPED, YELLOW, and the best of the day--BREWSTER'S >WARBLER. It was a male singing zee-zaa-zaa-zaa on the left about 100 yds >inside the Ntl Forest boundary at the end of Sugar Cove Rd. There are a >couple of farm gates you must pass to get to the boundary, just to the left >of a pond that sports the yellow warbler. The Brewster's was up an >unmaintained trail around the border of an old field or home-site strewn >with young blackberry brambles. The plumage was just li > ke Sibley's male 1st backcross, an absolute delight to see. > >Good Birding! >Tom Howe >Alcoa, TN >tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx > >=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > >The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with >first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. >----------------------------------------------------- >---------------------------------------------------- >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 >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page ? FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================