Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blount Co. TN and Swain Co, NC On Saturday March 4 2006 a friend and I hiked up to Clingman's Dome from the Twentymile Ranger Station near Deals Gap in North Carolina. Spend the night at Camp 13 on the state line between Parson Bald and Gregory Bald, and then hiked down via a different trail on Sunday. At sunset on March 4, we heard at least one and possibly two American Woodcocks performing their courtship flight at Gregory Bald along the state line. Never heard them peenting, but the temperature was in the low 30's and the wind was 15-20 mph out of the N-NE. As usual for this time of year in the Smokies, the overall bird list was low. Other birds observed included: Ruffed Grouse - only 2, and none heard drumming Turkey - about 20 in flock along NC 28 near Deals Gap Barred Owl - 1 calling during the night at the campsite (as was a coyote) Pileated Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven - 1 at the campsite on March 4 Tufted Titmouse Carolina Chickadee Unidentified Chickadees White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet American Robin Cedar Waxwing Dark-eyed Junco Chuck Nicholson Norris, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________