Rasmus Larsen and I birded Sharps Ridge this morning (Thursday, Sept 28) from 7:30 to 9:45 a.m. There were a lot of robins feeding on grapes, and good numbers of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Warblers were not very cooperative - we heard and briefly saw a lot more than we identified. Rasmus added two more life birds - sapsucker and kinglet. Here's our list: Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - first of season, male and imm. Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet - first of season, 4+ Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Tennessee Warbler - 1 Magnolia Warbler - several Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Black-and-white Warbler -1 American Redstart - 2 Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 10+ Common Grackle - 100+ House Finch Number of Species: 35 David Trently Knoxville, TN "Interested in some tropical birding? Ask me about a Panama trip for March, 2007!" =================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 _____________________________________________________________