On May 29, Tom Horsch, Chris O'Bryan and Wallace Coffey birded and hunted herptiles in Shady Valley and Holston Mountain, Johnson Co., TN. A Least Flycatcher was seen and heard at Orchard Bog in Shady. This is a rare summer resident. It is the first report of the species there in eight years. The Least Flycatcher was last recorded there 22 May 1994 by John Shumate. Ganier and Tyler reported it as "fairly common, chiefly in the woodlands along the Creek" 5-8 Jun 1934. On Holston Mountain at about 3,500-3,600 feet elevation we had a Blackburnian Warbler, the rarest warbler regularly nesting in Tennessee. The bird was at McQueen Gap. Ed & Michelle Talbott's report of a Blackburnian near Low Gap along the Appalachian Trail on Holston Mountain at about 3800 feet, Saturday Jun 1, is a special note. It is the first modern-day record of one in that area of the mountain. Ed & Michelle's Osprey at South Holston Lake is our first summer record for that species this year. We are watching for a nest. Wallace Coffey Bristol ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958