Hey there, Sunday afternoon, March 16, I hiked around the Warrior Falls area in Warriors Path State Park. An Upland Chorus Frog sang from the parking area puddle. I could see the three stripes on his back (middle one broken into spots), the dark line through his eye, the white upper lip, and his yellowish throat sac expanded in song. In the sunshine two Question Marks were flying beats. One Azure sp. flew up from a blooming Spicebush. Smooth Rockcress, Toothwort, and Spring Beauties were in bud, with an occasional open blossom. An Eastern Screech Owl in a stand of evergreens repeatedly called with a monotonic trill, perhaps near its nest. A bat, maybe a Red Bat, was feeding well before dusk in a slow, fluttering flight below treetop level. On the way home I stopped near Austin Springs on Hyder Hill Road at dusk. The American Toads were gathering in a large chorus in the large puddle in the cow pasture. It was quite impressive, you could see toads piled up in the shallows, and their trilling was loud and melodious. I think American Toads are my favorite Anuran songsters. A few Spring Peepers in the woods played rhythm, and Kildeers added their grace notes flying by in the dark. I was listening for the Woodcock section, but if present they were too sotto voce to notice. The woodland Whites, Elfins and Duskywings should be active very soon. Is anyone interested in going with me this coming Sat. or Sun., March 22 or 23, to Weavers Bend in Cocke Co. for an early bug/bird/blossom jaunt? E-mail or call me. Don Holt Johnson City, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- 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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958