On Saturday, 11 members of the Knoxville Chapter of TOS birded along the Cherohala Skyway in Monroe County, east of Tellico Plains. With no change in our weather for, well, a looong time, we didn't expect a lot of migrants, and we didn't get a lot. Luckily some of the resident birds showed themselves, with a few migrants mixed in as well. At one overlook, there were a good number of warblers (and grosbeaks) moving about, but they were just a bit too far away and staying in the crowns of the trees, making id difficult. Here's a list and some notes... Turkey Vulture - we only saw 2 or 3 all day! Broad-winged Hawk - 4 circled low over us, giving fantastic looks, before shotting off at a fast rate. This was at the rest stop above Indian Boundary Lake. raptor sp. - 4 other hawks flew by at eye level. They never turned which made id difficult for us. They were likely more Broad-wingeds. Mourning Dove Barred Owl - we had excellent looks at this bird as it sat high in a tree watching us. It caused a lot of commotion with a decent flock of songbirds. Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummmingbird - we only had about a half dozen of these. At one point where we usually see 5-10, there were only 2 or 3. Not nearly as much Impatiens were in bloom this year. Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker E Wood-Pewee E Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Am Crow Common Raven 1 C Chickadee (no Black-cappeds) Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren no thrushes!! Cedar Waxwing Tennessee Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 5+ possible Black-throated Green W Blackburnian Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Am Redstart 1 C Yellowthroat 3 Hooded Warbler 2 Summer Tanager (no Scarlets) E Towhee Dark-eyed Junco N Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - this may have been the most abundant species, but we never got great looks at any of them. Indigo Bunting 2 or 3 Am Goldfinch butterflies: Pipevine Swallowtail; Cabbage White; Cloudless Sulphur (common); E Tailed-Blue (common); Monarch; Common Buckeye; Gulf Fritillary; Pearl Crescent; duskywing sp. only identified dragonfly was a female Common Whitetail David Trently Knoxville, TN =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================