24-28 Aug 2007 Carver's Gap on Roan Mtn Carter Co., TN & Mitchell Co, NC some recent sightings & captures at my banding station: Com. Nighthawk: 1 each, last 2 days (unusual at high elevation) Veery: 2-4 daily Swainson's Thrush: 1 banded today Hermit Thrush: 1 juv. banded today (evidence of local nesting) Tennessee Warbler: 8-15 daily Chestnut-sided Warbler: 1-2 daily Magnolia Warbler: 1 today Cape May Warbler: 1-5 daily Black-thr. Blue Warbler: very numerous; over the last 9 autumn banding seasons I have had an average capture rate of 95 per season (range 64-135), but this month in just 8 days have banded 102. Black-thr. Green Warbler: 2-6 daily Worm-eating Warbler: 1 on 27th Ovenbird: 1-2 daily Kentucky Warbler: 1 banded on 24th Hooded Warbler: 3 on 27th Canada Warbler: 1 each, banded on 24th & 25th Red Crossbill: 3 on 25th Pine Siskin: 1 on 27th Rick Knight Johnson City, 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 _____________________________________________________________