Kyker Bottoms, Blount County, Tn June 14th 2:00 pm - 5:00pm Birded along the berms next to the standing water. Very marsh like, felt a bit like Florida with the heat and the Great Egrets. Great Egrets 4 Great Blue Herons 6 Green Herons 7 Wood Duck 1 female with 1duckling Red Shouldered Hawk 2 adults 1 juvenile Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Goldfinch 1 White Ibis 1 (immature) Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Northern Bobwhite at least 5 calling none seen. Eastern Phoebe 1 Redwinged Blackbird 30+ (stopped counting) Field Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 many dragonflies and frogs Mike Nelson Knoxville, Tn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the American Bird Conservancy today at http://www.abcbirds.org Surfbirds.com - The World Birding Website =================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 _____________________________________________________________