December 1, 2006 Greene Co., TN I adjusted my work schedule today to allow a little birding time in the western end of the county. Despite high wind, I was able to locate a few things of interest, the highlights of which were Lapland Longspur (2) and Horned Lark (12). The longspurs were in a dirt field along Highway 340 about three quarters of a mile east of Flea Ridge Road. They were in almost the same spot where Linda Northrop and I found three Lappies on November 22, 2003. The larks were with a flock of Killdeer in a dirt field along Hartman's Chapel Road two tenths of a mile from Old Midway Road. Interestingly, this is the same field that has produced a singing male Horned Lark on at least two of the recent Breeding Bird Surveys in Greene County. I also found a Ruddy Duck along Guinn Drive on the western outskirts of Greeneville. Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 _____________________________________________________________