The Buffalo River (Lawrenceburg) CBC was conducted on Wednesday, December 26.? Nine participants in 6 parties tallied 77 species.??Highlights included Common Goldeneye, Merlin, Am Woodcock (15), Barn-Owl, Loggerhead?Shrike (15-Still holding strong in this area!),?Vesper Sparrow (3), Lapland Longspur, Brewer's Blackbird?and Purple Finch (2).? Missed Red-headed Woodpecker and Rusty Blackbird. The Savannah CBC was conducted on Friday, January 4.? Fourteen participants in 7 parties tallied 104 species.??First count records for?Ross' Goose (2) and Blue-winged Teal (1).? Other rarities included Sandhill Crane (16)?and Virginia Rail (3).? Highlights included?Snow Gosse (904), Greater Scaup (3), Merlin (2), Short-eared Owl, all three nuthatches, ?Vesper Sparrow (22), Lapland Longspur (62) and Purple Finch (2).? Missed Bobwhite, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Loggerhead Shrike, House, Sedge and Marsh?Wrens, Palm Wabler and LeConte's and?Lincoln's Sparrows. Damien Simbeck Killen, AL ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com =================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 _____________________________________________________________