I had an eventful drive through Unicoi County, TN, on my usual route to work this morning (Feb. 25). In Limestone Cove, I counted 25 Wild Turkeys in the fields at Bell Cemetery. Also in Limestone Cove on Lower Stone Mountain Road, I encountered a mixed flock of American Goldfinch and Pine Siskins. I didn't get an extremely accurate count, but I suspect that there were about 40 birds in the flock, with somewhere between 8-12 of them Pine Siskins. I first noticed the Pine Siskins on a utility wire, but soon located the thistle socks in a backyard that were attracting this flock. At the Erwin Fishery Park pond, a single drake Hooded Merganser was sleeping. The only other ducks were the resident Mallards, Wood Ducks and Canada Geese. I haven't seen any Gadwall at this location in several weeks. Also in Erwin, I had a Sharp-shinned Hawk fly over the Food Lion shopping center along Main Avenue. Bryan Stevens, Hampton, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================