On Saturday, 19 February 2005 eleven members of the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society made a trip to Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We began at the ranger station and worked our way passed the sewage treatment lagoons on to Sparks Lane. Thirty three species were recorded as follows: Bufflehead - 31 Wood Duck - 3 Canada Goose - 18 Mallard - 10 Redhead - 10 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Wild Turkey - 3 Kildeer - 4 Barred Owl - 1 Northern Flicker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Eastern Phoebe - 5 American Crow - 20+ Carolina Chickadee - 10 Eastern Tufted Titmouse - 7 Brown Creeper - 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 10 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Carolina Wren - 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Eastern Bluebird - 8 American Robin - 50+ American Pipit - 2 European Starling - 10 Northern Cardinal - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Song Sparrow - 7 Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Eastern Meadowlark - 15+ Purple Finch - 1 Harold Howell KTOS Trip Coordinator Rutledge, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================