I had an opportunity to bird several areas in Hamilton co. on March 20 and totaled 80 species. Some of the highlights included: - Four Fox Sparrows on my Migration Monitoring route at the Cravens House. I have had them in the area before but never actually on the route. - A lot of ducks are in migration on the Tennessee river. The rafts were observed out from Bal Harbor road on the south side of the river. Species were: 10 Gadwall, 5 Redhead, 3 Ring-necked Duck, 160 Lesser Scaup, 31 Bufflehead and one male Ruddy Duck. - There are several shorebirds at the Brainerd Levee right now. At this location I was joined by Jim Eager and Kyle and April Waggoner. Shorebirds species included; 1 basic plumaged STILT SANDPIPER. This is the earliest record I can find for SE TN. The earliest for the state in Robinson's book is 10 March, 1985 in Shelby county. Jeff Wilson, what is your earliest record? Other shorebirds included: 33 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs and 14 Wilson's Snipe. - Still very few migrant passerines around, no Blue Gray Gnatcatchers or early warblers. Kevin Calhoon Chattanooga, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================