Ron, what was the conditions up there after the fire? Also, everyone, remember that the KTOS public walk on Sharp's Ridge is tomorrow morning (Sat, 28 April). Come join the fun. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Ron Hoff wrote: > Tn-birders, > Just a very quick re-cap of this mornings birdwalk on Sharp's Ridge, near > downtown Knoxville, Knox County. Not much was happening on the ridge this > morning. I thought with the incoming rainy weather, we might have a lot of > birds, but in fact it was pretty slow. My wife, Dollyann, managed to get on a > Blackpoll Warbler, but it soon got away and nobody else saw it. Highlights > were as follows: > > Cooper's Hawk - we saw one and I think another group had one also. Always a > welcome sight > warblers - only a few Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Greens, and a lone > Black-and-white > Hairy Woodpecker - Dollyann and I had one as we got there about 8 a.m. > Scarlet Tanager - 1 male soon after the walk started, but could not be > re-located > Rose-breasted Grosbeak - quite a few were seen, probably 20+ > Chimney Swifts - a few overhead > Blue-headed (2) and Red-eyed Vireos (2) > Ruby-crowned Kinglets (3) > > > Great birding, > Ron Hoff > Clinton, Tennessee > =================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 > > _____________________________________________________________ > > > =================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 _____________________________________________________________