The Chattanooga CBC was held on December 20 and 22 participants found 92 species. This species total is on the low side, the count averages in the high 90's and last year we had 103 species. Highlights included: - 1 Prairie Warbler (first ever for this CBC) found by John Henderson and Dan Jacobson at Pinkies Point. - 1 Gray Catbird - found by Danny Gaddy's group, David Spicer photographed it. - 65 Northern Shovelers - a high count for this CBC. - 1 Red-breasted Merganser - 5 Virginia Rails - David Patterson observed them at Standifer Gap Marsh. - 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Jimmy Wilkerson's party found this one. - 2 Purple Finches - 9 Pine Siskins Low Points: - no Wood Ducks - no Peregrine Falcon - I did have a flyby at the aquarium during the count week. - no Double-crested Cormorants - no Eastern Screech Owls I want to thank everyone who helped with this count. You did a great job as always! Kevin Calhoon Assistant Curator of Forests Tennessee Aquarium 423-785-4070 =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________