October 3, 2004 Nolichuckey Environmental Study Area (along the Nolichuckey River between Kinser Park and Highway 70 (Asheville Highway), Greene County) Don Holt, Jim Holt, and I spent about three hours this morning at Nolichuckey Environmental Study Area. Birding was slow at first, but as the fog burned off and the sun came out, we slowly and steadily built a solid list of observations, including a few surprises. Here are the highlights of our list, with comments: Great Blue Heron (2); Great Egret; Wood Duck (91, conservatively counted--a very high total for this species in Greene County); Blue-winged Teal (2, very conservatively counted--many dabbling ducks were glimpsed flying behind trees but could not be identified); Osprey (heard but not seen); Broad-winged Hawk; Ring-billed Gull (a very early date for this uncommon Greene County species; the bird was flying steadily downriver); Tree Swallow (at least 3); White-breasted Nuthatch; Gray Catbird (2); Northern Parula (first-fall female); Tennessee Warbler (at least 8); Magnolia Warbler (at least 3); Yellow-rumped Warbler (at least 1); Blackburnian Warbler; Pine Warbler; American Redstart; Northern Waterthrush (6, conservatively counted--this high total was perhaps due to the abundance of wet woods as a result of plentiful fall rain). Don Miller Greeneville, TN ************************************************* 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-****