October 7, 2006 Greene Co., TN: Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), etc. I birded quite a bit in Greene County today, with good results. I began at WMDC before dawn and stayed until about 8:00 a.m. At that point, I joined several members of the Greeneville Chapter of TOS for an outing in the northern part of the county, near Baileyton. In the afternoon and evening, I visited numerous backroad spots elsewhere. Highlights: Canada Goose (492, mostly at WMDC) Wood Duck (39 WMDC) Blue-winged Teal (7 WMDC) Green-winged Teal (22 WMDC) Pied-billed Grebe (2 WMDC) Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk (juvenile, near Mosheim) Rough-legged Hawk (dark-morph bird on Glenn McAmis Lane, near Baileyton; also observed by Jim Faunce, Don Holt, Jim Holt, and Larry Routledge) American Coot (2 WMDC) Eurasian Collared-Dove (at intersection of Old Baileyton Road and Pine Loop, in Baileyton; also observed by Don Holt, Jim Holt, Jo Anne Routledge, and Larry Routledge; this new site for ECDO in Greene County is located about ten miles northeast of the Mosheim location where the species has been observed for over two years) Barn Owl (WMDC) White-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow (165 WMDC) Gray-cheeked Thrush (14 WMDC in nocturnal flock) Swainson's Thrush (186--including 185 WMDC in nocturnal flock) Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler (2) Common Yellowthroat Savannah Sparrow (2 WMDC) Swamp Sparrow (2) White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird (1000+ WMDC) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx