10-19-03 Sunday Clear skies/ apx. 48 dg. / calm This morning at 9:20 am I found an immature Dickcissel in the company of many Savannah, White-Crowned , Song , Swamp and Field Sparrows. The bird was located in Jacksboro, TN behind the National Guard Armory and near the industrial park in a grown over weedy spoil area. It was observed eating seeds near the top of weeds for 20-30 minutes from apx. 15 ft away down in a gully . This area has proved to be a hot spot several fall seasons in a row for good numbers of Sparrows, especially after cool fronts on calm sunny mornings. Also present were 2 Vesper Sparrows nearby as well as 2 Orange-Crowned Warblers seen at a distance of about 10 ft. in full sunlight on red Sumac berries. Inquire off list if furthur directions desired. The location is apx. 5 miles from Cove Lake State Park in Caryville, TN. Other birds present were the usual local residents along with Common Yellowthroated Warbler- 2 Palm Warbler 6 Many Yellow-Rumped Warbler 26+ Nell Moore Caryville, TN Campbell County, N. of Knoxville =================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 jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================