July 1-23, 2006 Locations visited-- CARTER COUNTY: Elizabethton COCKE COUNTY: Rankin Bottoms (RB) and vicinity GREENE COUNTY: Joachime Bible Refuge unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (JBR); Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC); numerous other sites, mostly near Greeneville and Tusculum HAMBLEN COUNTY: Douglas Lake shoreline along Leeper's Ferry Road about a quarter mile from the mouth of the Nolichuckey River (DL); Bent Creek Road and numerous other roads south of Morristown HAWKINS COUNTY: Cherokee Lake shoreline along Old Highway 70 (CL) JEFFERSON COUNTY: White Pine and Leadvale JOHNSON COUNTY: Highway 321 (between Carter Co., TN and Avery Co., NC) SULLIVAN COUNTY: Kingsport WASHINGTON COUNTY: Limestone/Telford area Notable observations from the last three weeks include the following-- Northern Bobwhite 1-6 in Greene Co. on July 1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 20, 22-23; 2 in Hamblen Co. on July 10; 1 in Cocke Co. on July 23 Double-crested Cormorant 2 on Holston River in Kingsport on July 4; 1 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 17; 1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23; 23 in Cocke Co. on July 23 Great Egret 1-2 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 8, 17; 2 at WMDC on July 22; 15 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23; 12 at RB on July 23 Little Blue Heron 1 immature in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 17; 8 immatures and 1 adult in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23 Cattle Egret 1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23 Osprey 1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23; 2 at RB on July 23 Bald Eagle 1 immature in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23 Cooper's Hawk 1 in Jefferson Co. on July 23 Greater Yellowlegs 1 at WMDC on July 22 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1-4 adjacent to West Greene High School, Greene Co. on July 8, 10, 22-23 Barn Owl 1-2 at intersection of Central Street and Gilland Street in Tusculum, Greene Co. on July 3, 8 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 in Greeneville on July 13 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 at intersection of Highway 70 and Dolittle Road, Greene Co. on July 8 Eastern Kingbird 1 albinistic/leucistic bird at 1892 Shiloh Road, Greene Co. on July 2; this is the same bird reported in my post of June 9, 2006 Loggerhead Shrike 1 on C.M. Jones Road 0.1 mile from Holly Creek Road, Greene Co. on July 22 Warbling Vireo 2 at Bush Hog Boulevard pond and vicinity, Washington Co. on July 4 Bank Swallow 1-50+ in Greene Co. on July 1, 22 Cliff Swallow 1 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 8; 10+ in Elizabethton on July 9; 5 in Washington Co. (Limestone) on July 16; 75+ in Cocke Co. on July 23 Common Raven 2 in Johnson Co. on July 9 Prairie Warbler 1 in Hamblen Co. on July 10 Worm-eating Warbler 1 in Johnson Co. on July 9 Blue Grosbeak 13 in Hamblen Co. on July 10 Dickcissel 1 at JBR on July 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 in Greene Co. on July 1, 7 Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., 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 _____________________________________________________________