I took another stroll this morning (11/01/03) down into "Sparrowville" (behind the Elizabethton post office). It was a nice morning. Notable species: - Chipping Sparrow (2) - White-crowned Sparrow (3) I could not relocate any Vesper Sparrows and the Savannah Sparrow (4) numbers had dropped. Field, Song, Swamp, and White-throated rounded out the sparrow list. (Eight species in two days) - I also had an immature male PURPLE FINCH (1) singing --- Thomas McNeil --- Elizabethton, TN --- tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[1] --- (Brake for Snakes!) --- Links --- 1 mailto:tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************* 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 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 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****