5/3/06 McKenzie area; Henry & Weakley Co. I got out for a couple of hours this morning to check a couple of areas just north and west of McKenzie. Overall birding was pretty slow, but I did find two more singing Lark Sparrows, one in Henry and one in Weakley Co. This makes 5 locations in this area that we've had Lark Sparrows over the last couple of weeks. Both of these birds are in areas that they've been regular over the last few years. My area isn't birded much, but if anyone would like a map showing some of the locations I've had Larks I'd be glad to enter the locations on a Topozone map. Otherwise, highlights were a single Bobolink (which wasn't only unusual for being by itself, but also flew up and sat on a wire, which I'm not used to), but was at least this time was in good Bobolink habitat. Dickcissels were more numerous than I've ever seen in this area, easily 30+ heard over the morning. Warblers were pretty scarce, in contrast to reports this morning from other areas of the State. Tennessee and Palm were the exceptions, as they were singing everywhere. I made a quick run to the area in Henry Co. where Henslow's Sparrows showed-up a couple of years ago, but the habitat has been kept cut since then, so no luck there. Hope everyone has a good time at the upcoming TOS meeting at Nashville. Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN Carroll Co. www.pbase.com/mctodd birder1@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 _____________________________________________________________