Birds that may be expected to be breeding in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia now and early March: Bald Eagle (W. Coffey) Great Blue Heron (W. Coffey) Red-tailed Hawks (R. Phillips) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove (R. Cross) American Woodcock (W. Coffey) Great Horned Owl (W. Coffey) Barred Owl Barn Owl (W Coffey) Black Vulture (W. Coffey) Horned Lark (R. Phillips) Eastern Bluebird (W. Coffey) Carolina Wren (W.Coffey) House Sparrow After March 15, the following will also: American Crow (W. Coffey) Common Raven (W. Coffey) Red Crossbill ("...no conclusive evidence of breeding." Knight 2008) (R. Cross) Loggerhead Shrike (W Coffey) Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe (W. Coffey) Wood Duck (W. Coffey) Eastern Screech-Owl (W Coffey) Peregrine Falcons (R. Phillips) Cooper's Hawks (R. Phillips) Red-shouldered Hawks (R. Phillips) Northern Saw-whet Owl (W. Coffey) House Finch (W. Coffey) What species or changes would you add ? Let's go birding . . . . Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN