January 6, 2008 Various commitments kept me in Greeneville this afternoon, but I was able to spend about 2.5 hours birding in western Greene County this morning. The weather was intermittently rainy but in general was good for bird-finding. Key stops were at two Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area units--the Skinner Crossroads (SC) unit (located at the intersection of North Mohawk Road, South Mohawk Road, and Highway 348) and the Joachime Bible Refuge (JBR) (located along South Mohawk Road and Matthews Lane). I also checked a few backroads in the vicinity of LCBWMA and at other points not far away. Highlights included: Gadwall (2); American Black Duck (2, Gravel Woods Road); Northern Shoveler (11, Gravel Roads Road); Ring-necked Duck (3, Gravel Woods Road); Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School); Loggerhead Shrike (intersection Bible's Chapel Road / South Mohawk Road); Horned Lark (30+, adjacent to SC); Hermit Thrush (JBR); Brown Thrasher (adjacent to JBR); American Pipit (3, including one later in the day in the Tusculum area); Palm Warbler; Vesper Sparrow (JBR) (only my second January record in Greene County); Fox Sparrow (JBR); Swamp Sparrow (15); Lapland Longspur (adjacent to SC); Purple Finch (6--5 on Jarrell Road, 1 later in the day in Greeneville). Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________