Hello Bristol and TN Birders, Spring birding madness continues in Northeast Tennessee. I referred to this in the subject to my post last week, although I said March Madness, but spring birding madness is more apropos. What I am referring to the time of the year when some of both winter and summer birds are in the area. In this case its spring and migrant birds are getting to "socialize" with many birds that still haven't departed for their more northerly (or higher elevation) breeding grounds. The following places are in Carter County, TN : *Sycamore Shoals State Park* (12-1pm) *Yellow-crowned Night Heron* (on a branch across from the nest on the Elizabethton or NE end of the park. It wasn't on the nest, but I have a feeling it is probably going to use it). *Northern Pintail - *3 (on the river upstream of the park) Wood Duck - 2 (flybys) E.Phoebe Carolina Chickadees Tufted Titmice (Titmouses) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Mallards Canada Goose Red-winged Blackbirds Cowbirds Northern Cardinal Tree Sparrow ++ Bufflehead - 7 *Broad St *(in between Broad st/19E Intersection and Lincoln Rd - the road to Rasor Farm) Bufflehead 2 *Rason Farm **Blue-winged Teal* 5 *Lesser Scaup* 4 *RIng-necked Duck* 5 *Osprey* *Barn Swallow 4 Tree Swallow* +++ *Northern Rough-winged Swallow* - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (breeding plumage) Turkey Vulture 2 Bufflehead 6 *Hooded Merganser* 5 *Along the River to Wilbur Dam *(Wilbur Dam Rd) * Hooded Merganser* 5 *Blue-winged Teal* 3 Bufflehead 3 *Area in between Wilbur Dam and Watauga Dam* *Old Horseshoe Freewill Baptist Church* *Yellow-throated Warber* 1 Northern Flicker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 * Brookie and Jean Potter's House* Chipping Sparrow ++ Dark-eyed Junco + American Goldfinches Tufted Titmice (Titmouses) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (singing) Mourning Doves Downy Woodpecker *Pine Siskin *2 *Louisiana Waterthrush* 1 *Pine Warbler *1 Eastern Bluebirds *Purple Finch *4 Turkey Vulture *Where the Appalachian Trail crosses road to Watauga Dam* *Black-throated Green Warbler *4 *Blue-headed Vireo *3 Eastern Phoebe 1 *Watauga Dam (and Watauga Lake)* *Blue-winged Teal *4 Eastern Phoebe American Crows Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________