2 May 2005 Kingsport Great Blue Heron: 2 newly built nests with birds on them, at the island just below Netherland Inn (these were not there during winter). Black-cr. Night-Heron: 5 below Ft. Henry Dam & 4 below Boone Dam (no evidence of nesting, but I'd bet they are nearby). Yellow-cr. Night-Heron: 8 occupied nests on the greenbelt at Am. Way (others may have been hidden behind foliage). Osprey - 2 Bald Eagle - 1 ad. - at confluence of N / S forks of Holston River. Red-shld. Hawk: 1 ad. at nest (Am. Way). swallows: 1500+ on river -- mostly Barns, but lots of Tree, Cliff, & Rough-wg., plus 10+ Bank. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Hermit Thrush - 1 (getting late) Baltimore Oriole - 2 ################### 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-****