Thursday, March 20, 2008 Spent the day birding along the Great River Road in Dyer County and had several spring arrivals - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3-4 White-eyed Vireos, Black-and-white Warbler, and a very unexpected early Kentucky Warbler in a cane thicket near the Obion River. The previous early record for this species that I could find was 25 March 1954 in Shelby County. Also had an Orange-crowned Warbler, lots of DC Cormorants headed north, and several displaying Red-shouldered Hawks. The waters along the MS River levee were rising quickly with many fileds on the east side of the levee already under water. Hopefully some of this water will still be around when the big numbers of shorebirds start moving in a few weeks. Good birding, Mark Greene Trenton, TN Gibson County ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs =================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 _____________________________________________________________