Fellow Birders, Members of the Buchanan County Bird Club descended on the home of fellow club member, David Raines with binos, digital cameras, telephoto lenses and video cameras, after receiving calls from David that he had a 1st year female Townsend's Warbler on his property this Sunday morning, 9/26/04. David, a veteran birder, lives just inside the western edge of Buchanan County in the Breaks community, which is just a short distance from the Breaks Interstate Park. The park is located on the VA - KY border. David found the bird at the brushy edge of a large grass field, which then gives way to tall, mostly deciduous trees. The bird was among other migrants, which were part of a small feeding flock. According to David, the first distinctive field mark to catch his eye was the yellow breast. It was then he realized that he was not looking at a Black-throated Green Warbler. David had ample time to examine the bird through binoculars. He could see the dark auricular patch, the wing bars and the striping on the sides. When the bird flew from one branch to another he was able to see the white outer retrices. During the next few hours several other migratory species were found by club members on the property, but the Townsend's had unfortunately moved on without being photographed or videotaped. However, David is going to be watching in case this bird should return. This Townsend's is a first for Buchanan County and probably a first for Southwest VA, though I could be mistaken about that. Enjoy the birds, if they stay around long enough, Roger Mayhorn Grundy, VA Buchanan County ************************************************* 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-****