Bristol Birders, Michelle and I, along with Frank Kilgore, enjoyed a hike up Virginia's 5th highest peak on Sunday. We covered about 10 miles and found some high-altitude breeders in the Spruce forest on top of the mountain. We spotted Winter Wrens, both Kinglets, Juncos, BT-Green Warblers, Red-breasted Nuthatches, and Common Ravens. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet was a surprise and I guess it will be heading north soon. For those interested here is a link to a few hike pictures and a couple pictures of a singing Winter Wren that put on a show for us. http://www.grundynet.net/talbott/birding/hikes/2005/Beartown.htm At the "mud hole" in Elk Garden we spotted a Lesser Yellowlegs but had only a few seconds to scan the area as we were following someone. There were several shorebirds around the pond and someone with a scope should check it out this week if they have a chance. Ed Talbott Buchanan County Bird Club http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/birdclub.htm ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****