On Sunday, June 21, Steve Stedman and I spent over 7 hours checking the upper Sequatchie Valley (Bledsoe and Cumberland Counties) for Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. We could only find scissor-tails (1 adult and 3 fledglings) at the usual breeding site on Ninemile Road just east of Old Hwy. 28, where they were reported last week by Harold Birch. This contrasts with last July 1, 2008 when we found scissor-tails in 5 locations (9 adults, plus 1 juvenile and 5 fledglings), all in Bledsoe County. On the other hand, Dickcissels were notable in their numbers, with 10 birds (8 singing males and two presumed mates) found. These were all in Bledsoe County, both north and south of Pikeville. The easiest spot to find them would be at Oxier Hollow Road near East Valley Rd. (a pair along the road) and a few hundred yards away at Melvin(e) Crossroad near East Valley Rd. (singing male beside the road). Last year on July 1 the only Dickcissels we found was a pair at Melvin(e) Crossroad near East Valley Rd. Other notably common birds were Grasshopper Sparrow (17 individuals) and Blue Grosbeaks (18 inidviduals). We've never found either Scissor-tailed Flycatchers or Dickcissels in the small part of the Sequatchie Valley in Cumberland County. -Ed LeGrand Cumberland County =================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 _____________________________________________________________