January 21, 2007 Washington Co., TN--Limestone and environs Alerted by Don Holt's post of yesterday regarding birds seen in Washington County, I spent about two hours in Limestone this morning. Results were similar to what the group from yesterday reported, with the notable difference that I did not find a Ross's Goose today. Here's an abbreviated list from my outing: Snow Goose (at the pond on Highway 75 about 1.3 miles north of Highway 11-E where the bird was seen yesterday) Canada Goose (21) Mallard (33) Blue-winged Teal (on Bush Hog Boulevard) Green-winged Teal (3 on Bush Hog Boulevard) Hooded Merganser (7 at the pond with the Snow Goose) Wild Turkey (12) Great Blue Heron (4) American Kestrel (5) Wilson's Snipe (4 on Bush Hog Boulevard) Eurasian Collared-Dove (at 145 Smithdale Boulevard East, in Limestone) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Loggerhead Shrike (on Bush Hog Boulevard) White-crowned Sparrow (7) Dark-eyed Junco (57 in a flock on John Carson Road) Eastern Meadowlark (31) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 _____________________________________________________________