Goodwater Rd, Stepp Rd, Parakeet Rd, Cocke Co, TN Bewley Bridge on Rt 340, Greene Co, TN Observation date: 3/28/09 Number of species: 45 Today was a good day for birding in this area. The Rough-Winged Swallows returned today. I still haven't seen the Purple Martins, Tree Swallows or Barn Swallows. The Cliff Swallows are not at Bewley Bridge yet. Notably missing were Wild Turkeys; today starts hunting season. Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 3 (pair in Oven Creek. Lone male on Nolichucky River.) Mallard 1 (male only; female must be sitting. Until today, they have come as a pair) Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Rock Pigeon 6 (At Bewley Bridge, only Greene co entry) Mourning Dove 8 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebe 6 Blue-headed Vireo 1 (FOS) Blue Jay 3 American Crow 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 18 (FOS) Carolina Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 8 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 10 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 25 Cedar Waxwing 8 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 14 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Common Grackle 18 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Purple Finch 30 + House Finch 4 Pine Siskin 6 American Goldfinch 12 Jean Obrist Cocke Co, 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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________