Sunday 17 APR 2005 2:00 - 8:00 pm Herndon Chapter TOS field trip report Rob Biller, Dianne Draper, Jacki Hinshaw and Don Holt participated in the Elizabethton Bird Club field trip to western Washington Co. and the home of Pat and Pat Sterns. While touring their yard we saw a male YELLOW WARBLER, the first of the season for all of us. We also encountered a beautiful pale grayish variation of the common CORN SNAKE, Elaphe guttata. It was quite exciting, in different ways to different individuals. :-) A whole book could be written about how good the food was, and how gracious the hosts were. We are very grateful for the Sterns' hospitality. We later visited the Great Blue Heron nesting colony as reported previously, where we saw nestlings being fed, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. At Clark's Creek Rob's keen ears detected BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS and a WORM-EATING WARBLER. On Jackson Bridge we had close views of dozens of CLIFF SWALLOWS, then a too close view of an ultra-light aircraft that buzzed us as we stood on the bridge. :-( Later, Rob had to leave early, but then Dianne, Jacki and I went to Dry Creek Rd. on Buffalo Mountain and heard at least three WHIP-POOR-WILLS singing just after dark. All in all, a most enjoyable field trip. Many thanks to Jacki Hinshaw for her help in bringing this event together. 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. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================