My first year on the Collinwood BBS, which runs from just east of the Natchez Trace Parkway, passes near Loretto, and ends south of Lawrenceburg. I ran it yesterday (6/2/07) in odd weather: calm winds, and a gray mantle of Okefenokee smoke. I've never used sky code "4" on my BBS forms before. A pleasant day, bird activity was pretty good. But the smoke kept the thermals from getting up before the end of the route, which knocked down vulture and raptor numbers. A sign of the times: 2 Eurasian Collared Doves, first time reported for this route. Some other interesting finds were an American Redstart at Shoal Creek, and a single singing Dickcissel on the power lines among the wheat fields of southern Lawrence County. A brief glimpse of a swallow that might have been a Tree Swallow would have been another new species for the route, but the view wasn't good enough to count. If there was one this year, there will be plenty more in coming years probably. Bill Pulliam Hohenwald 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 _____________________________________________________________