January 1, 2008 I spent much of today out birding, starting in Unicoi County and working my way back to Greene. Despite gusting wind for much of the time, I was fortunate to find several notable species. An abbreviated list includes the following: Gadwall (65 Greene); American Wigeon (Greene); American Black Duck (11 Greene); Northern Shoveler (3 Gravel Woods Road (Greene)); Northern Pintail (3 Wal-Mart Distribution Center (Greene)); Green-winged Teal (2 Unicoi, 1 Greene); Ring-necked Duck (5 Greene); Hooded Merganser (2 Gravel Woods Road (Greene)); Wild Turkey (34 Greene); Pied-billed Grebe (2 Erwin Linear Park (Unicoi)); Northern Harrier (Greene); Sharp-shinned Hawk (Greene); Cooper's Hawk (Washington); Red-shouldered Hawk (1 Erwin Linear Park (Unicoi), 1 Highway 340 near Turner Lane (Greene)); Eurasian Collared-Dove (4 adjacent to West Greene High School (Greene)); Common Raven (2 Highway 107 0.2 mile west of Pleasant Hill Road (Greene)); Horned Lark (Baughard Hill Road (Greene)); White-crowned Sparrow (6 Greene); Purple Finch (8 Greene). 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 _____________________________________________________________