Beautiful day for birding. Saw 43 species in about 3 1/2 hrs. this afternoon. Highlights: gadwall--10 blue-winged teal--18 northern shoveler--3 green-winged teal--2 pied-billed grebe--2 great blue heron--2 red-shouldered hawk--2 red-tailed hawk--3 sora--1 (thanks Dan) american coot--6 lesser yellowlegs--8 solitary sandpiper--1 (life bird) least sandpiper--1 pectoral sandpiper--4 wilson's snipe--18 ring-billed gull--14 chimney swift--10 tree swallow--2 northern rough-winged swallow--3 barn swallow--1 blue-gray gnatcatcher-1 (heard) brown thrasher--1 american pipit--1 savannah sparrow--1 swamp sparrow--1 Jim Eager Chattanooga, Tn. Hamilton County =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================