All locations in eastern Sullivan County east of Bristol, TN I am getting caught up on a few observations from recent days. April 6 alone at Musick's Campground, South Holston Lake: Eared Grebe 4 (two in beautiful breeding colors) Double-crested Cormorant 19 Red-breasted Merganser 7 Pied-billed Grebe 12 Bonaparte's Gull 73 Ring-billed Gull 84 Tree Swallow 8 White-crowned Sparrow 3 April 5 with Larry McDaniel at Crumley Pond, Paddle Creek Rd. Ring-necked Duck 7 Gadwall 4 American Coot 1 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Hooded Merganser 5 American Wigeon 2 April 5 with Larry McDaniel at Middlebrook Lake, Bristol, TN Chimney Swit 1 (our first bird this spring) Rough-winged Swallow 1 April 4 alone at Rooty Branch Road Wetlands near South Holston Lake Yellow-throated Warbler 1 (also my first of spring) Wood Duck 7 Let's go birding...... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________