Location: Goodwater Road, Cocke County, TN Observation date: 4/19/09 Notes: First of season: Green Heron, Wood Thrush, Northern Parula Number of species: 55 Drizzling rain and overcast sky did not hamper seeing/hearing a good number of birds today. About three miles of road traveled: Goodwater Road, Stepp Rd and Phillips Hollow Rd. Hawks were noticeably absent. Tent caterpillars everywhere; where are the cuckoos when you need them? Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Wild Turkey X Great Blue Heron X Green Heron X Turkey Vulture X Killdeer X Mourning Dove X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X Belted Kingfisher X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Pileated Woodpecker X Eastern Phoebe X Blue-headed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Bank Swallow X Cliff Swallow X (Greene County only, at Bewley Bridge) Barn Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X Wood Thrush X American Robin X Northern Mockingbird X Brown Thrasher X European Starling X Cedar Waxwing X Northern Parula X Scarlet Tanager X Eastern Towhee X Chipping Sparrow X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X White-crowned Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark X Rusty Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Purple Finch X House Finch X Pine Siskin X American Goldfinch X Jean Obrist Bruners Grove, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________