April 19, 2008 Greene County I observed the following today: Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal (14) Wild Turkey (5) Bald Eagle (4 (2 adults, 2 subadults) at the Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area unit located at the intersection of Highway 348, North Mohawk Road, and South Mohawk Road; this is one of the most astonishing birding experiences I have ever had in Greene County; three birds flew over, headed west, within a minute or so at about 6:05 p.m.; the fourth bird followed about 25 minutes later, headed in the same direction; before this evening, I had recorded a total of only four Bald Eagles in the county in the last decade) Greater Yellowlegs (Baughard Hill Road) Solitary Sandpiper (2--1 Baughard Hill Road, 1 McMillian Road) Wilson's Snipe (16) Eastern Kingbird Purple Martin (5) Tree Swallow (34) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (16) Barn Swallow (17) House Wren (7) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Brown Thrasher (10) Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat (3) Chipping Sparrow (5) Lincoln's Sparrow (singing, Yellow Springs Road) Purple Finch (12) 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 _____________________________________________________________