5/8/07 Land Between the Lakes area (LBL); Stewart Co Paris Landing SP (Henry Co.) I spent a few hours this morning at LBL, to get into some more extensive woods than I have access to close to home. Nothing great, but a wonderful day to be out. I finished with 25 species of warblers on the day, highlight being Canada Warbler finally. I seldom get Canada around my local area, but had great looks at two today, and another singing. Other migrant warblers were led by Blackpoll and Magnolia, easily 20+ of each. Tennessee was numerous, and multiples were also seen of Bay-breasted and Yellow-rumped, but only one Blackburnian and Palm. All of the locally breeding species were well-represented, including Blue-winged at three locations. Vireos were highlighted by looks at a couple of singing Philadelphia, but no Blue-headed. Thrushes were also very good, with quite a bit of time watching all 3 transient Catharus Thrushes feeding in the road. I saw 4 Veeries, at least a dozen Swainson's, and a couple of Gray-cheeked. Swainson's and Gray-cheeked were singing, but I never heard a Veery. Rose-breasted Grosbeak numbers seemed down, but there were still several around. Lincoln's Sparrows popped up out of several brushy areas I stopped at. A couple of Broad-winged Hawks put on a nice show for me, the raptor highlight of the day. I have spent more time in the field this spring than I have been able to in the last couple of years, but I'm still yet to hear or see a Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bills continue to be numerous though. It's about time for Empidonax migration to kick in, and here's to hoping for a Mourning or Connecticut Warbler, which would wind-up the spring Warblers for me, though I still need to see a Cape May. A quick stop by Paris Landing didn't produce anything but a young Herring Gull and 3 Common Loons. I posted a few shots from today (Kingbird, Broad-wing, Thrushes) in my Spring 2007 gallery, the 1st one is at: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/78456894 . Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd The information contained in this communication and its attachment(s) is intended only for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and delete the communication without retaining any copies. Thank you. Translations available: http://www.owenscorning.com/emailfooter.html =================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 _____________________________________________________________