Buffalo River CBC Lawrence County, TN Ten birders in five parties conducted the Buffalo River CBC on January 2, 2010. A total of 79 species were found; 11,391 individuals. Highlights included 17 Northern Bobwhite, 1 American Coot, 2 American Woodcock, 14 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 House Wren, 1 Gray Catbird (photo), 1 Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco, 30 Lapland Longspur and 6 Purple Finch. Record high numbers were tallied for 6 species (Eastern Phoebe-52, Tufted Titmouse-322 (out-numbered Carolina Chickadee almost 6:1), House Wren-2, American Robin-1714, Northern Mockingbird-166 and Dark-eyed Junco-789. Interesting misses included Wilson's Snipe and Common Barn-Owl. Most waterfowl was also absent (only Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Mallard and Common Goldeneye recorded). Damien Simbeck Co-compiler Killen, AL =================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 _____________________________________________________________