Birded the Cove at Concord Park, West Knox County, Sunday March 4, late morning 11:05 - 12:20. It was cold and the park was almost deserted when I arrived. There were 3 Horned Grebes in the cove to the east of the parking lot (between the park and the yacht club). One was in winter plumage but the other two were starting to take on their breeding plumage. The most advanced had a beautiful reddish yellow eye line and its horns were standing up. In all I found 6 Horned Grebes, not counting the 4 that I saw from the boat ramp 2 miles east of the Cove on my way there. The best place to see sparrows is toward the back of the mud flat adjacent to the west pond. I counted 29 White-Throated and 13 Juncoes in a mixed flock feeding out in the open next to the shrubbery on the far side. Strangely, only one Song Sparrow, off by itself on another part of the mud flat. Just a few Mallards on the pond itself which is about 1/3 its original size last fall. Not many birds singing but one or two Pine Warblers and a Brown Headed Nuthatch announced their presence vocally. Tree Swallows were out in force. My count: Mallard 13 Horned Grebe 6 Great Blue Heron 2 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 25 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 1 Tree Swallow 18 Carolina Chickadee 2 Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 American Robin 2 Pine Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 29 Dark-eyed Junco 13 Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN _________________________________________________________________ Rates near 39yr lows! $430K Loan for $1,399/mo - Paying Too Much? Calculate new payment http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-18226&moid=7581 =================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 _____________________________________________________________