28 April 2004 Washington County (Keebler Road and nearby areas in Limestone and Telford) Before going to work this morning, I travelled to Keebler Road in hopes of finding the Henslow's Sparrow reported by Don Holt yesterday. At 7:57 a.m., I heard and saw it in exactly the same mustard plant described in Don's post of earlier today. The distance was a little far to allow me to pick up much visual detail, but I could clearly see the short tail, the pronounced rufous on the upperparts, and the greenish head clearly contrasting with the back and wings. The song was textbook perfect and louder than I expected it to be from the distance at which I was viewing the bird. Thanks, Don, for pointing out this rare treasure. Also present in the area were: Northern Harrier (Keebler Road); Solitary Sandpiper (2); Hairy Woodpecker; Eastern Kingbird (3); Tree Swallow (2); Northern Rough-winged Swallow; Horned Lark (singing on Keebler Road); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Brown Thrasher (2); House Wren (3); Wood Thrush (Clark Road); Yellow-rumped Warbler; American Redstart (Clark Road) (first of year); Common Yellowthroat (2); Blue Grosbeak; Savannah Sparrow (2); Grasshopper Sparrow (5); White-crowned Sparrow (5); Orchard Oriole (2). Don Miller Greeneville, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 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 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-****