April 6, 2008 Greene County: Paint Creek Recreation Area (PCRA), Paint Mountain (PM), Greeneville, etc. I spent about an hour and 45 minutes in PCRA and PM this morning. The sky was overcast, and temperatures were cool. After lunch, the sun came out around Greeneville, and the rest of the day was quite warm, with occasional wind. Bird activity was much increased compared to the last few days, which were generally overcast and rainy. Highlights today included: Sharp-shinned Hawk (PM) Chimney Swift (5, Greeneville) Blue-headed Vireo (11, PCRA and PM) Tree Swallow (2) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (8) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Greeneville) Golden-crowned Kinglet (4, PCRA) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2, PM) Brown Thrasher (7) Black-throated Green Warbler (31, PCRA and PM) Yellow-throated Warbler (2, PCRA) Pine Warbler (6, PCRA and PM) Worm-eating Warbler (PM, rather early) Louisiana Warbler (4, PCRA and PM) Chipping Sparrow (18) Purple Finch (7, Greeneville) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN ************************************************* 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-****