Today it was hard to concentrate on my class with all the sparrows about! Without really birding, I didn't see much in species, but the numbers were wonderful. At least 100 sparrows, mostly song, with at least a couple Swamp mixed in, in a field of scarcely 2 acres. Who knows what goodie might have been lurking about. I saw my first Walker Valley White-throated Sparrows of the year, as well as my first Walker Valley House Wren of the year. Walker Valley is where Tremont Road and the Middle Prong of the Little River are located, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blount County, Tennessee. Good day! Charlie ===== ************************************************** Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" "Do something. If it works, do it again. If it does not work, do something else. But above all else: Do Something." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================