Me and Gary decided to go to Hampton Creek Cove this morning 11-14-2009 to do a little birding. When we arrived in the parking lot we found some hunters were running dogs, so we left there in hopes of the Picnic area being productive, we found a few sparrows. We then decided to go to winged-deer park, we had some good luck there, we had Golden Crowned Kinglet, sharp shinned, coopers hawk, and hermit thrush. On our way home we stopped by Austin Springs to do a quick run through. We were walking along the right side fence when a Merlin flew out of a tree near the lake. It landed and afforded us a good thirty minute look as it perched on a branch looking for prey. The complete list is below. Mike Sanders Bristol, VA American Goldfinch Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 4 = /TM Song Sparrow Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM Field Sparrow Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM Northern Cardinal Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = /TM Great Blue Heron Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Carolina Wren Hampton Creek Cove TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Carolina Wren Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Song Sparrow Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Swamp Sparrow Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Carolina Chickadee Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Northern Cardinal Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Tufted Titmouse Roan Mtn State Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Picnic Shelter #1 Northern Flicker Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Hairy Woodpecker Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Downy Woodpecker Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM Brown Creeper Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Golden-crowned Kinglet Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Hermit Thrush Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Carolina Chickadee Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 7 = /TM Tufted Titmouse Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 4 = /TM Sharp-shinned Hawk Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Cooper?s Hawk Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Yellow-rumped Warbler Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = /TM Northern Mockingbird Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM House Sparrow Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Turkey Vulture Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 6 = /TM American Crow Winged-Deer Park TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 4 = /TM Belted Kingfisher Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Killdeer Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = /TM Merlin Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Red-tailed Hawk Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Yellow-rumped Warbler Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 10 = /TM Song Sparrow Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 8 = /TM Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Swamp Sparrow Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 1 = /TM Field Sparrow Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM Northern Mockingbird Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Northern Cardinal Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Eastern Bluebird Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = Mallard Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM American Crow Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 5 = /TM Turkey Vulture Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 40 = /TM Carolina Wren Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 2 = /TM Mourning Dove Austin Springs TN US Nov 14, 2009 = 3 = /TM ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST NATURE CALENDAR for NE TN / SW VA: http://www.google.com:80/calendar/embed?src=eHlvbjQyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org 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 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-****