The KTOS field trip to Cove Lake State Park in Campbell County on Sunday, April 6, was a great success. Eight birders, including trip organizer Robin Barrow, attended. I arrived a bit late and missed the ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER briefly seen from the parking lot. I need to stop doing that. At the Nashville spring meeting I arrived late to Radnor (was checking out of the motel and got left behind) and missed a Cape May Warbler in the parking lot. Maybe I should just spend more time in parking lots. Back to Cove Lake: Five COMMON LOONS flew over but hopes that they might land were quickly dashed as they continued on their way. Waterfowl included a female BUFFLEHEAD, 2 female LESSER SCAUP, WOOD DUCKS, MALLARDS, CANADA GEESE, PIED BILLED GREBES, and several BLUE WINGED TEAL that arrived and treated us to great close-up views as two pairs waded into a water hole next to the path and walked around in water up to their bellies, feeding on whatever they found at the bottom. Waders spread out around the lake included GREAT BLUES, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and 3 GREAT EGRETS. It was a good sparrow day as we had extended looks through the scopes of 4 VESPER SPARROWS as they foraged in the grass in the vicinity of the park office; great looks at a couple of SAVANNAH SPARROWS in different locations. I believe that a SWAMP SPARROW also put in a brief appearance though I didn't get to see that one. And, of course, there were SONG SPARROWS. Warblers seen were a BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK & WHITE, PINE, YELLOW-RUMPED (lots) and a YELLOW-THROATED which was heard more than seen, the only look being of its back as it flew out of sight. We had at least 3 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BELTED KINGFISHER, DOWNY & RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS (Including a female working on a nest) and NORTHERN FLICKER. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (many); TREE and BARN SWALLOWS. I'm doing this from memory and not even attempting to post a complete list - I personally saw or heard 42-44 species and suspect that the trip list would be in the neighborhood of 50. Hope I haven't missed or forgotten any highlights. NON-BIRD HIGHLIGHT was a BEAVER swimming while it gnawed on a stick. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008 =================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 _____________________________________________________________