Knoxville TOS Field Trip this Saturday (Mar. 30) will be to the Three Bend Scenic Area and Wildlife Refuge on the Oak Ridge Dept. of Energy Reservation. Beautifully scenic 3,000 acre area overlooking Clinch River--mostly open grassland and scrub with ponds and inlets, and some forest,, and several old barns. 'Guaranteed Birds': Osprey currently building nests Tree Swallows Nesting Phoebes, Bluebirds TARGET Birds: Raptors: Red-shouldered, Red-tailed Hawks, No. Harrier, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, Bald Eagle, Black and Turkey Vultures Swallows: Tree, No. Rough-winged, Cliff, and Purple Martins Early Migrants: Gnatcatcher, Yellow-throated and Prairie Warblers Sparrows: Various wintering sparrows plus early grassland migrants. Wild Turkey MEET: 7:30 am Back of Walmart Parking Lot off main road into Oak Ridge (Illinois Ave) (back side near Comfort Inn). Dev Joslin Oak Ridge, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================