(east Tennessee...Foothills Parkway, Blount County near Townsend) The Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society will hold a hawk watch on the this coming Sunday. See the announcement from our newsletter below: Sunday, October 1, 8:30 AM Hawk Watch at Foothills Parkway 8:30 a.m. - ?? Leader: David Trently; dtrently@xxxxxxx; (865) 531-1473 home; (865) 974-8664 work We?ll start at the base of the Parkway off US 321 near Townsend, eventually making our way up about four miles, to the site with parking lots on both sides of the road. From there we will scan the skies for whatever raptors and other birds might pass by. This is a great opportunity for those who prefer not to do a lot of walking, or don't like to get up too early. We'll be mostly staying in one place and you can show up any time to join us. Feel free to bring lunch to share with others, as this works well as a pot-luck opportunity. A chair can be useful too, as there may be times to sit and chat while no hawks are being seen. Other birds seen here in past years at this time of year: Red-headed Woodpecker, Common Raven, Caspian Tern, Sandhill Crane, Philadelphia Vireo. David Trently, Knoxville, TN "Interested in some tropical birding? Ask me about a Panama trip for March, 2007!" =================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 _____________________________________________________________