On May 11, I participated in the first annual Virginia/Tennessee Regional Birding Day organized by Ramsey White and Ed Morgan. I spent 10 hours in the field birding the Elk Garden, Clifton Farms, Stuarts Pond and River Mountain Road, Clinch Mountain areas of Russell County. The total for the day was 85 species. Highlights included 7 species of shorebirds, 5 species of vireos and 1 Bald Eagle and 1 Golden Eagle. I have forwarded the complete list from birdcountr. Tom Hunter Russell County Bird Club Lebanon, VA ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Tom Hunter <opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx> To: "opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx" <opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:02 AM Subject: Russell co May 11, 2013 Canada Goose 8 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 10 Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron 6 Black Vulture 12 Turkey Vulture 26 Bald Eagle 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 6 Golden Eagle 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 6 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Western Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 9 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 5 Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 23 Common Raven 3 Tree Swallow 50 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 35 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 6 Carolina Wren 7 House Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 8 Wood Thrush 5 American Robin 39 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 5 Brown Thrasher 3 European Starling 130 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 8 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 7 Eastern Towhee 4 Chipping Sparrow 25 Field Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 12 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 15 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 9 Bobolink 2 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Eastern Meadowlark 16 Common Grackle 70 Orchard Oriole 6 Baltimore Oriole 5 American Goldfinch 22 House Sparrow 3 ----------------------- sent via birdcountr Sent from my iPhone