24-28 Aug 2007 Carver's Gap on Roan Mtn Carter Co., TN & Mitchell Co, NC some recent sightings & captures at my banding station: Com. Nighthawk: 1 each, last 2 days (unusual at high elevation) Veery: 2-4 daily Swainson's Thrush: 1 banded today Hermit Thrush: 1 juv. banded today (evidence of local nesting) Tennessee Warbler: 8-15 daily Chestnut-sided Warbler: 1-2 daily Magnolia Warbler: 1 today Cape May Warbler: 1-5 daily Black-thr. Blue Warbler: very numerous; over the last 9 autumn banding seasons I have had an average capture rate of 95 per season (range 64-135), but this month in just 8 days have banded 102. Black-thr. Green Warbler: 2-6 daily Worm-eating Warbler: 1 on 27th Ovenbird: 1-2 daily Kentucky Warbler: 1 banded on 24th Hooded Warbler: 3 on 27th Canada Warbler: 1 each, banded on 24th & 25th Red Crossbill: 3 on 25th Pine Siskin: 1 on 27th Rick Knight Johnson City, TN