This morning 13 chilled birders enjoyed the invigorating temperatures and strong breezes while birding the Cades Cove campground and sewage ponds. We had excellent views of Purple finches, 9 Wilson snipe, ducks and FOS Blue-gray gnatcatcher. While it was too windy for butterflies, we did hear the trilling call of mating American toads at the sewage ponds. Birds found during our 2 hour walk were: Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Green-winged teal Bufflehead Wild Turkey Turkey Vulture Wilson's Snipe Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo American Crow Tree Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Blue-gray gnatcatcher (FOS) Eastern Bluebird American Robin European Starling Chipping Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Number of Species: 34 Warren Bielenberg Maryville **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) =================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 _____________________________________________________________