Buchanan / Bristol Birders, While at the post office in Grundy today I noticed a dead bird next to the sidewalk. At first glance, I thought it was a Palm Warbler but then I realized it was not a warbler at all but a juvenile Dickcissel. This is the first one I had ever seen and it has only been seen in this county a couple of times by David Raines over at the Breaks. I was getting some strange looks as people walked by on the sidewalk - me in the gutter, handling a dead bird. The beak was chipped so I surmised the cause of death was probably a broken neck from a collision with a vehicle or nearby window. This is the third bird on my "death list" (birds I have found dead but have never seen alive in the wild - please forgive my crude naming of the list). The list is now Barn Owl, Western Screech-Owl, and Dickcissel. Now might be a good time to check the reclaimed strip mine areas. Roger Mayhorn found a Sedge Wren yesterday and the Palm Warblers are thick now in these areas. Maybe we are getting a few Dickcissels moving through the area. Good Birding, Ed Talbott Buchanan County Bird Club ************************************************* 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-****