On Tuesday, March 11, Tess Cumbie, Buladean, N.C.; Reece Jamerson, Johnson City; Howard Langridge, Elizabethton; and Bryan Stevens, Hampton; visited Shady Valley in Johnson County. From about 5:20-6:20 p.m., they birded at Quarry Bog, seeing lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, Eastern Meadowlarks and Song Sparrows. They also flushed about a dozen or so Common Snipe. Other birds included a Great Blue Heron, Swamp Sparrow, three Common Grackles, a Wood Duck and a flock of American Robins. They went to Orchard Bog to settle in before twilight and hope for a show by the American Woodcocks. Before the timberdoodles began their show, several Wood Ducks flew overhead and a flock of eight Canada Geese splashed down in the bog. At least two American Woodcocks began making their "peent" calls shortly before 7 p.m. Then one of the timberdoodles took to the air, giving a fine show in his display flight. The timberdoodles seemed to give anywhere between 18 to 34 "peent" calls before they would take to the air in a display that also let us hear the "twittering" feathers as they ascended and descended. When it got too dark to really see their flights, we left, but the timberdoodles were still "peenting" in the bog. Bryan Stevens, Hampton, 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 Chapter 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958