Congratulations to Knoxville birders for turning in a whopping 233 checklists in the Great Backyard Bird Count, about 4 times more than second place Johnson City with 77 checklists. Although Tennessee was not in the top 10 states for GBBC participation, Knoxville is currently 7th in the nation. Jonesborough turned out to be the biggest small town in state with 27 checklists submitted. However, a total of 49 species were counted in Jonesborough, one less than Johnson City. Although Knoxville reported 77 species, they were bested in this area by Crossville with 86, Cookeville with 84 and Estil Springs with 80 species from only 17 checklists, qualifying it as the early spring-late winter hotspot of the state. Where is Estil Springs? Stand up and take a bow. Sullivan County put in another sub-par performance with only 11 checklists in Bristol, 8 in Kingsport and only one from South Holston Lake, normally THE hotspot of Upper East Tennessee. While it can be argued that Bristol is in two states and the BBC had their annual trip to Burke's Garden this weekend, that still left three days of birding where they could have held up their end of the state. Like the Chicago Cubs, the BBC will probably be lamenting about next year, and I hope they mean it. James Brooks =================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 _____________________________________________________________