Seven TOS members took part on a cold and windy day for the NTOS field trip to various spots in Chattanooga. A total of 75 species were seen throughout the day. Highlights: Craven's House - no early migrant activity here - but lots of woodpeckers. Multiple Northern Flickers, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, as well as a Hairy and a Pileated Woodpecker. Brainerd Levee - 20+ Wilson's Snipe, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, 25 American Pipits, many Northern Rough-winged, Barn and Tree Swallows, and 1 Palm Warbler. Chickamauga Dam/Lake - Brown-headed Nuthatches, Pine Warblers, Osprey, 4 Wood Ducks, Chipping Sparrow, Brown Thrasher Standifer Gap Marsh - 4 Sora, 3 Virginia Rail, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Cedar Waxwings. Jon Mann Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________