This morning (1 May) Larry McDaniel & I birded Winged Deer Park & Austin Springs, both near Johnson City. Highlights included: (at Winged Deer) Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 E. Wood-Pewee - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 2 Chestnut-sd. Warbler - 1 Cerulean Warbler - 1 (rare in NE Tenn.) Kentucky Warbler - 1 Summer Tanager - 1 Rose-br. Grosbeak - 2 (at Austin Springs; where we were joined by Joy & Mark Crass) Osprey - 1 Sharp-sh. Hawk - 1 (carrying prey) Sora - 1 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 Wilson's Snipe - 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Warbling Vireo - 2 Am. Pipit - 10 Yellow Warbler - 4 Palm Warbler - 1 Prothonotary Warbler - 2 N. Waterthrush - 2 Bobolink - 2 Baltimore Oriole - 3 Orchard Oriole - 5 ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================