The Spotted Sandpiper found recently in Kingsport (northeast TN) by Rick Phillips is the fourth local record in winter. They are: 22 Dec 1985 (1) Kingsport Christmas Count 3 Jan 1987 (1) Kingsport Christmas Count 30 Jan 2003 (1) Boone Dam 20 Jan - 2 Feb 2006 (1-2) Kingsport Robinson (1990) stated there were "about twenty" winter sightings in Tennessee up to that time. ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 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-****