Last Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, the Elizabethton (Herndon) Chapter of TOS held a field trip to western Washington County, TN. Participants were Dianne Draper, Jacki Hinshaw, Don Holt, Reece Jamerson, Rick Knight, Joe McGuiness, Mike Poe, Brookie & Jean Potter, and Gary Wallace. The ten club members met in chilly temperatures (26 degrees F) at 8 am in Jonesborough and carpooled to various hotspots in the area, including Bush Hog Pond, the exotic animal farm, Keebler Road, and Stockton Road. Several target species were found, including Loggerhead Shrike, Red-headed Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon, Ostrich, and Yak. Big misses were Lapland Longspur, Eurasian Collared Dove, and Giraffe. A bonus for those who stayed the latest was an albino Red-tailed Hawk on Snapp Bridge Road who posed graciously for a close-up driveby. A tentative total for the day was 46 native or naturalized bird species observed: Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Mallard Peregrine Falcon Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Kildeer Common Snipe Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon Belted Kingfisher Northern Flicker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Horned Lark American Crow Blue Jay Carolina Chickadee Eastern Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Cardinal Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow submitted by Don Holt Johnson City, TN =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================