Birded parts of Carter, Johnson and Sullivan Counties on Sunday - 4 / 20 / 08. Places visited: Cross Mountain - CM (Carter / Johnson County) Backbone Rock - BR (Johnson County) Highway 133 To Backbone Rock - 133TBR (Johnson County) Shady Valley - SV (Johnson County) Quarry Bog in Shady Valley - QBSV (Johnson County) Quarry Road (next to Quarry Bog) - QRSV (Johnson County) Orchard Bog in Shady Valley - OBSV (Johnson County) Iron Mountain - IM (Johnson County) Holston Mountain - HM (Johnson County, Sullivan County) Towhee Ridge Rd on Holston Mountain (self named first logging road up Holston Mt on Left) - TRHM (Sullivan County) South Holston Lake at the Point (421 Bridge) - SHL P (Sullivan County) South Holston Lake at Musick's Campground - SHL M (Sullivan County) South Holston Lake at TWRA Boat ramp (next to Musick's) - SHL T (Sullivan County) Carrico residence (Bristol) - CAR (Sullivan County) Birds Seen and Where: 1. Canada Goose - QB, SV, SHL M 2. Mallard - QR, SHL M 3. Northern Shoveler - SHL M 4. Red-breasted Merganser - SHL M 5. Common Loon - 4 6. Great Blue Heron - SHL M 7. Black Vulture - SHL P, SHL M, SHL T 8. Turkey Vulture - QBSV, SHL M, SHL T 9. Broad-winged Hawk - TRHM(Nesting Pair), CAR (Nesting Pair) 10. Red-tailed Hawk - QBSV 11. Virginia Rail - QBSV, OBSV 12. Killdeer - SHL M 13. LAUGHING GULL - SHL M (Rick Knight found this, I was just lucky enough to arrive about 3 hours later...) 14. Bonaparte's Gull - SHL M 15. Ring-billed Gull - SHL P, SHL M, SHL T 16. Herring Gull - SHL M 17. Rock Pigeon - SV 18. Mourning Dove - SV 19. Barred Owl - IM (calling at noon) - not migratory or visiting, but my first for the year 20. Chimney Swift - CAR 21. Belted Kingfisher - SV, CAR 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker - QBSV, CAR 23. Downy Woodpecker - SV, CAR 24. Northern Flicker - CAR 25. Pileated Woodpecker - SHL T 26. Eastern Phoebe - SV 27. Eastern Kingbird - SHL P 28. White-eyed Vireo - SHL T 29. Blue-headed Vireo - CM, HM(Sullivan County side), IM 30. Red-eyed Vireo - IM 31. Blue Jay - SV, etc 32. American Crow - SV, etc 33. Common Raven - 133TBR 34. Tree Swallow - QBSV, OBSV, SHL P, SHL M, SHL T 35. Barn Swallow - QBSV, OBSV, SV, SHL M 36. Carolina Chickadee - SV, etc 37. Tufted Titmouse - SV, etc 38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 133TBR, IM 39. Carolina Wren - SV, etc 40. House Wren - QBSV, OBSV 41. Winter Wren - 133TBR 42. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - QRSV 43. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - SV, QBSV, OBSV 44. Eastern Bluebird - QBSV, OBSV, SV 45. Wood Thrush - CM (Carter County side) 46. American Robin - SV, etc 47. Northern Mockingbird - QRSV 48. Brown Thrasher - CM (Johnson County side), SV, SHL M, SHL T 49. European Starling - SV, etc 50. Northern Parula - BR, 133TBR, TRHM 51. Black-throated Blue Warbler - CM(Carter County Side), 133TBR, BR 52. Yellow-rumped Warbler - SHL P 53. Black-throated Green Warbler - CM(Carter County Side), BR, HM(Sullivan County Side) 54. Yellow-throated Warbler - SHL P (nesting pair) 55. Pine Warbler - SHL P 56. Black and White Warbler - CM(Carter County Side), BR, 133TBR 57. Worm-eating Warbler - 133TBR 58. Ovenbird - CM (Carter County Side) 59. Louisiana Waterthrush - CM(Carter County Side), 133TBR 60. Common Yellowthroat - QRSV 61. Hooded Warbler - CM (Carter County Side), BR, 133TBR 62. Eastern Towhee - BR, 133TBR, SV, HM(Sullivan County Side), TRHM 63. Chipping Sparrow - SV, etc 64. Field Sparrow - CM(Johnson County Side), QRSV 65. Song Sparrow - SV, etc 66. White-throated Sparrow - SV 67. White-crowned Sparrow - QRSV 68. Dark-eyed Junco - BR, 133TBR, IM, HM(both sides) 69. Northern Cardinal - SV, etc 70. Red-winged Blackbird - SV, etc 71. Eastern Meadowlark - QBSV, OBSV, SV 72. Common Grackle - SV, etc 73. Brown-headed Cowbird - SHL P 74. House Finch - QRSV 75. American Goldfinch - SV, etc 76. House Sparrow - QBSV, SV Note - If you get this message more than you should have, I apologize. 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