9 May 2008 Washington & Sullivan Cos., TN Following the frontal passage late yesterday, I checked several sites today & was well rewarded: Austin Springs, Washington Co. NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW - 1 , (in ditch in middle of field) (this is the 23rd record in NE Tenn.) also present: Red-br. Merganser - 8 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Osprey - 3 Sora - 2 Wilson's Snipe - 1 Spotted & Solitary Sandpiper Savannah Sparrow - 3 ---------------------------------------- Musick's campground at S. Holston Lake, Sullivan Co Com. Loon - 1 Horned Grebe - 2 Ring-billed Gull - 4 Com. Tern - 1 Blue-wg. Teal - 1 (further down lake) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ponds in western Washington Co N. Shoveler - 2 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 3 Solitary Sandpiper - 10 Lsr. Yellowlegs - 11 Least Sandpiper - 10 Rick Knight Johnson City, TN