This is Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. This is Update Number #2 made on March 1, 2005. The phone portion of the RBA is still out of service. I am working on it. An immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen for a short time at the Brainerd Levee on February 26 before it disappeared off to the north. Also seen at the levee were 1 female Ruddy Duck, 1 female Wood Duck, 5 Green-winged Teal, 401 Sandhill Cranes and a Dunlin. (Daniel Jacobson) Migration has started with some interesting sightings. A very early Barn Swallow was seen along with a Tree Swallow at Chester Frost County Park (Hamilton county)on February 13 and two Osprey were seen on channel marker and on a nearby tree in the Tennessee River out from Harrison Bay State Park on February 27. (Daniel Jacobson) Fox Sparrows are on the move with a report from Hixson of 9 under a feeder. (Linda Cobble). I have had three under my feeder near Cravens House on Lookout Mountain since February 27. (Kevin Calhoon) Other interesting feeder birds include daily Red-breasted Nuthatches and Pine Siskins at David Patterson's residence in Ooltewah. Virginia Rails can still be heard at Standifer Gap Marsh with 5 on February 24(David Patterson) and one on February 27. (Daniel Jacobson) A Sedge Wren was seen by David Patterson at Standifer Gap Marsh on February 24. Be on the lookout for Purple Martins and Rough-winged Swallows during the next couple of weeks. The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on March 10 7:00 PM at Accension Luthern Church, 720 South Germantown Rd. Get out in the Field and let me know what you see! =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================