This is Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. This is Update Number #9 made on April 13, 2004. You can call the RBA at 423 -821-4381. More and more spring migrants are arriving! Here are some first dates for our area since 4/8: KING RAIL - 4/8 - Standifer Gap marsh; heard again on 4/12 (David Patterson) LITTLE BLUE HERON - 4/8 - Brainard Levee; seen again on 4/9; not present on 4/11. (Harold Birch) SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 4/11- Brainard Levee. (Dan Jacobson, Judy Newsome) GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER - 4/12- Ooltewah/ (Libby Wolfe) EASTERN KINGBIRD - 4/11- Cravens House; 8 were present at Standifer Gap marsh later in the day. (Dan Jacobson) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO - 4/9 - North Chickamauga Creek greenway. (Dan Jacobson) RED-EYED VIREO - 4/9- North Chickamauga greenway. (Dan Jacobson) WORM-EATING WARBLER - 4/9 - Cravens House (Harold Birch) OVENBIRD- 4/12- Cravens House. (Kevin Calhoon) BLACKPOLL WARBLER - 4/12- Ooltewah. May be the earliest date ever for Southeastern TN! If you know of an earlier record, let me know (Libby Wolfe) SCARLET TANAGER - 4/10- North Chickamauga greenway. (David Aborn) INDIGO BUNTING - 4/8- Ooltewah. (Libby Wolfe) A Snow Goose was present at the pond at Camp Jordan on 4/8, and was seen again on 4/10. (Janice Chadwell) The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on May 13 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================