Today was a beautiful morning in Great Smoky Mountains NP's Cades Cove with heavy frost and valley fog followed by bright sunshine and temps near 65 in the afternoon. Lots of deer in the fields and bucks sparing at two locations. While I didn't walk the fields like Susan and Kris, I did have a productive day while doing my volunteer duties. These sighting are primarily from Sparks Lane, the sewerage ponds and along the loop drive. Canada Goose 7 (sewage ponds) Ruddy Duck 2 (sewage ponds) Spotted sandpiper 1 (sewerage pond) Wild Turkey 5 Turkey Vulture 1 Northern Harrier 2 Mourning Dove 7 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied sapsucker 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 18 American Crow 35 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird 14 American Robin 2 Brown Thrasher 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 6 Eastern Towhee 4 Chipping Sparrow 33 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed junco 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Eastern Meadowlark 30 Brown-headed cowbirds 3 (Sewerage ponds) American Goldfinch 1 Warren Bielenberg Maryville ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________