Weavers Bend (and Douglas Lake), Cocke Co., TN Sat., Mar. 22, 2003 BUTTERFLIES Zebra Swallowtail - 1 Falcate Orangetip - ~20, including 2 females Sleepy Orange - 2, winter form Azure sp. - ~40 Silvery Blue - 1 American Snout - 1 Question Mark - 3 Juvenal's Duskywing - ~10 BLOOMING SHRUBS/TREES Sarvis - (Amelanchier laevis) Spicebush - (Lindera benzoin) Redbud - (Cercis canadensis)(mostly in bud) Cherry cultivar - (Prunus sp.) WILDFLOWERS Spring Beauty (Claytonia sp.) Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Hepatica americana Rockcress (Arabis sp.) Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) Violets (Viola spp.) Wood Rush (Luzula sp.) Early Bluegrass (Poa cuspidata) BIRDS (migrants and highlights) Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Louisiana Waterthrush BIRDS (AT DOUGLAS LAKE) Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Redhead (tentative id) - 50 + Osprey - on nest HERPTILES Eastern Fence Swift Spring Peeper Northern Brown Snake (two dimensional) Observers: Marion Finucane, Don Holt, Sanford Overholt submitted by Don Holt Johnson City, TN ************************************************* 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, 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