18 May 2006 Johnson County, TN Shady Valley I spent yesterday morning (5/18) birding the Shady Valley, TN area. Cold, wet, and soaked-to-the-bone......but, I got a few good birds (71 species). Highlights: American Coot (1) - Quarry Bog Willow Flycatcher (7) - all at Orchard Bog Savannah Sparrow (1) - Orchard Bog; singing Swamp Sparrow (1) - Orchard Bog Bobolink (1) - Orchard Bog Thomas S. McNeil Elizabethton, TN tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 423-360-2970 (H) 423-354-2487 (W) ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org 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-****