April 22, 2006 Greene County-- Kinser Park (KP); Bald Mountain (BM) (lower portion along Viking Mountain Road); Greene Mountain, including Cutshaw's Bog; numerous backroad areas in Midway and Mohawk communities (western end of the county) I spent about ten hours birding today, with good results--a total of 94 species, including a large number of transients and summer residents. Here's an abbreviated list: Wood Duck (6); Blue-winged Teal (2); Ring-necked Duck (female in a flooded field along Highway 348); Wild Turkey (7); Common Loon (KP--a very rare species in Greene County); Cattle Egret (Bible's Chapel Road 0.3 mile from South Mohawk Road); Red-shouldered Hawk (1 adult and 1 immature perched together at intersection of Houston Valley Road and Heather Way); Greater Yellowlegs (10); Lesser Yellowlegs (40); Solitary Sandpiper (13); Spotted Sandpiper (on Upper Paint Creek on BM--unusual location); Pectoral Sandpiper; Red-headed Woodpecker (Whirlwind Road 0.1 mile south of Amity Presbyterian Church); Eastern Kingbird (6); White-eyed Vireo (4); Yellow-throated Vireo; Blue-headed Vireo (3); Red-headed Vireo (5); Purple Martin (6); Tree Swallow (50); Northern Rough-winged Swallow (13); Barn Swallow (33); House Wren (15); Golden-crowned Kinglet (BM); Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (14); Wood Thrush (2); Gray Catbird (KP); Brown Thrasher (4); American Pipit (7); Northern Parula (5); Yellow Warbler (KP); Black-throated Blue Warbler (5 BM); Yellow-rumped Warbler (19); Black-throated Green Warbler (16); Pine Warbler (KP); Prairie Warbler; Cerulean Warbler (Harrison Road approximately 0.6 mile from 107 Cutoff); Black-and-white Warbler (7); American Redstart (Greeneville); Prothonotary Warbler (KP); Worm-eating Warbler (2); Swainson's Warbler (2 BM); Ovenbird (7); Louisiana Waterthrush (BM); Common Yellowthroat (11); Hooded Warbler (22); Chipping Sparrow (11); Savannah Sparrow; Grasshopper Sparrow (2); White-throated Sparrow (10); White-crowned Sparrow (2); Dark-eyed Junco (2 BM); Indigo Bunting; Orchard Oriole (2); Baltimore Oriole (KP). Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________