15 NOV 03 Roan Mtn. SP Visitors Center Carver's Gap Roan Mountain, TN . This morning at quarter 'til 9 am I located '03 NOrtheast TEnnessee (NOTE) Bird #199 by playing an E. Screech Owl rendition via MP3 player w/ external speaker (Thanks to Rick Knight for aid in location and technique advice to find this bird). The bird popped up behind the State Park Visitor Center along the water trough that feeds the water wheel. Two D. Eyed Juncos accompanied the Thrush. Atop the mountain '03 NOTE Bird #200 (!!!) was a, befitting, life bird - 3 Purple Finches. Soon following was '03 NOTE Bird #201 - a single Fox Sparrow. Present also were: . Red Crossbills - 10 Pine Siskins - 16 White-throated Sparrows - 11 Common Raven - 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 10 . 'Til we bird again Rack Cross Blountville, 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 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-****