Bird Report for Sunday, March 13, 2005 Reported by Rob Biller Observers: Rob Biller Area Reported: Keebler Rd (KBLR) [Washington County] Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-38â??00â??W* Davey Crockett Birthplace State Park (DCBSP) â?? [Washington/Greene County] Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-40â??00â??W* Rankin Wildlife Management Area (RWMA) [Cocke County] Lat 36-03â??-00â??N, 83-13â??-00â??W* Toby Rd [Greene County] Lat 36-09â??-00â??N, Long 83-07â??-00â??W* Smelcer Rd [Greene County] Lat 36-08â??-00â??N, Long 83-06â??-00â??W* Hwy 340 (Lick Creek) [Greene County] Lat 36-09â??-00â??N, 83-09â??-30â??W* West Greene High School [Greene County] Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-40â??-00â??W* Weather â?? Clear, Upper 30â??s (morning) to Upper 60â??s (afternoon) Species List w/ Notes Canada Goose (DCBSP) Mallard (DCBSP) Great Blue Heron(KBLR) â?? in flight Black Vulture(DCBSP) Turkey Vulture(DCBSP) Bald Eagle(RWMA) â?? 2 in flight, 1 full adult (white head and tail, 1 w/ only white head) Northern Harrier (Smelcer Rd) - male Red-tailed Hawk (Toby Rd) Least Sandpiper (RWMA) - ~10 Pectoral Sandpiper (RWMA) - ~ 4 Ring-billed Gull (RWMA) â?? 2 Rock Pigeon (1st seen in Washington County) Eurasian-collared Dove â?? West Greene High School - 2 Mourning Dove â?? (KBLR) Red-bellied Woodpecker â?? (DCBSP) Downy Woodpecker - (DCBSP) Pileated Woodpecker - (DCBSP) Blue Jay - (DCBSP) American Crow - (DCBSP) Common Raven - (DCBSP), - Probable - I thought this was odd but vocals and size of bird matched â?? the tail was more squared that I thought it should have been. I wasnâ??t able to see the beak. If it was a Crow, it has a serious sore throat. Horned Lark - (KBLR) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (RWMA) â?? 4 Carolina Chickadee - (DCBSP) Carolina Wren (Greene County) Eastern Bluebird (Toby Rd) American Robin (DCBSP) Northern Mockingbird (DCBSP) European Starling â?? most everywhere American Pipit - (RWMA) - ~35 [That I was able to count with binoculars, probably more) Field Sparrow (DCBSP) many singing Song Sparrow (DCBSP) White-throated Sparrow (DCBSP) Dark-eyed Junco (DCBSP) Northern Cardinal (DCBSP) Red-winged Blackbird (DCBSP) Eastern Meadowlark (KBLR) Common Grackle (DCBSP) House Finch (Greene County) American Goldfinch (DCBSP) * Lat and Long are approximates that have been picked out of Delormeâ??s Tennessee Atlas and Gazateer. Rob Biller Elizabethton, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================