On Thursday, Feb 20, we completed the Roadside Raptor Survey for Franklin County, TN. We drove approximately 60 miles between 10 a.m .& 2 p.m. The highlight of the day - four Loggerhead Shrikes. The Shrikes were spotted along Sugar Cove Rd, Skidmore Ln, Little Mountain Rd and Georgia Crossing Rd (all of the sites are rural Franklin County near the Winchester/Cowan/Decherd area). Additional sightings: 9 Red-tailed hawks 1 Cooper's Hawk 10 American Kestrels 13 Turkey Vultures 3 Black Vultures Observers: Tom and Betty Burleson, Jim Pierce, LouAnn Partington LouAnn Partington Highland Rim TOS Tullahoma, TN -- "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." =================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 _____________________________________________________________