SUN 02 APR 2006 western Greene Co., TN D. Holt Reece Jamerson, Brookie Potter, Jean Potter, and I birded western Greene Co Sunday afternoon on our way to get a look at Short-eared Owls that evening. We saw a lot of the same things Don Miller has been recently posting from the area. One notable addition was a flock of around 15 Brewer's Blackbirds, about half females, half males, and not many other bird species mixed in with them, in a small plowed section of the field near Turner's Lane along Hwy 340 (Fish Hatchery Rd.) There were lots of other blackbird spp. around, just not in the plowed section with the Brewer's. We also managed to get good looks at a Short-eared Owl, and a glimpse of a second just before leaving. Surprisingly, we only saw one or two Northern Harriers there, where I had been seeing 6 or 8 each evening I've been there. I wonder if anyone else has noticed a sudden drop in numbers of Harriers in the area. Could they have migrated on out? Oh yeah, I nearly forgot to mention the two Black Swans we saw on the way down in Limestone, TN, right next to the Emu and the Ostrich. Honest. Don Holt Johnson City, 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 _____________________________________________________________