I spent a few hours at Kyker Bottoms on Saturday morning ... The usual summer crowd was there. Lots of American Goldfinch and Indigo Buntings. There was one unusual bird (for Kyker) ... A Great Egret. It's a smaller bird so I am guessing a youngster. Location: Kyker Bottoms Refuge Observation date: 7/18/09 Number of species: 37 Canada Goose MallardWild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Belted Kingfisher Turkey Vulture Mourning Dove Barred Owl Ruby-throated Hummingbird Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo American Crow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-throated Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird American Goldfinch Bob Howdeshell Maryville, Tennessee =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________