Today was my first day back in Cades Cove since surgery in January. What a great day! Light fog in morning then clearing and warming to low 60s. Many first of season (FOS) birds because it was my first day in the Cove this spring. Birds seen on or around the sewage ponds are marked by (SP) Canada Goose - 12 (SP) Wood Duck - 10 (SP) FOS Mallard - 6 (SP) Blue-winged Teal - 2 (SP) FOS Bufflehead - 105 (SP) Turkey Vulture - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (SP) Wild turkey - 6 (SP) Wilson's Snipe - 10 (SP) Downy Woodpecker - 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (SP) Northern Flicker - 1 Pileated Woodpecker - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 9 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 FOS American Crow - 21 Carolina Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - 12 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Brown Creeper - 1 Carolina Wren - 3 House Wren - 1 FOS Winter Wren - 1 (SP) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 13 American Robin - 57 European Starling - 5 Chipping Sparrow - 2 FOS Field Sparrow - 4 Savannah Sparrow - 1 FOS Song Sparrow - 8 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 FOS White-throated Sparrow - 2 Northern Cardinal - 1 Red-winged Blackbird - 62 Eastern Meadowlark - 11 Common Grackle - 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 American Goldfinch - 3 Number of Species: 39 Warren Bielenberg Maryville **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219850974x1201371016/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62) =================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 _____________________________________________________________