With the cold front that came through yesterday, I anticipated a good morning (even moved a 9:00 meeting to 10:00) and wasn't disappointed. April 29th is an interesting day for the yardlist. On 29 April 2005 I recorded 54 species in the yard, the largest single day tally I've had in the yard since moving here in Jan 2002. Thanks in large part to that day, I've observed a total of 69 species on the 29th of April from 2002 through 2007, the most for any date. (Yes, I can be a numbers nerd.) The morning started slow but a large number of "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warblers and 1 or 2 Black-throated Greens about 6:45AM were a good sign. Just before 9AM the big wave hit (good thing I moved that meeting). It only lasted about 20 minutes but lots of birds were moving through. I'm sure I missed several. Only 6 warbler species but 3 were new for the year bringing me up to 18 for the year (plus "Audubon's") in the yard. Best was a gorgeous male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER which was very co-operative and posed for several minutes while singing. Made him difficult to find at first but once I did.... This is only the 3rd spring Bay- breasted for the yard and is a new early arrival date (previous early date was 6 May). I got a few decent but distant photos, didn't try to setup the digiscope setup. Actually added 2 species (Bay-breasted and E Phoebe) to the tally for this date so now I've got 71 species on 29 April. 37 species in about 2.5 hrs. Highlights below, first-of-season (FOS) in ALL CAPS. Again, this is west Knox Co, Tues, 29 April 2008: Red-eyed Vireo, 2+ Blue Jay, several passing through as they have done all week CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler, 12+ Black-throated Green Warbler, at least 2-3 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 3+ BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2+ Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 5+ Indigo Bunting, at least 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, 1 Dean Edwards Knoxville, 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 _____________________________________________________________