April 20, 2005 In a couple of brief stops in Greeneville on my way to work this morning, I found a Blue-winged Warbler and an Orange-crowned Warbler, two hard-to-get Vermivora species. I consider these transients to be rare in Greene County, and some years I have recorded none. Blue-winged appears to be more commonly found here than Orange-crowned, possibly because its song is more distinctive. I was very lucky today to hear repeated songs and calls by the Orange-crowned Warbler. The Blue-winged also sang repeatedly. In checking my records for these species this evening, I discovered that most of my spring observations for BWWA have occurred in a tiny window from April 18 to April 22. There are also several fall records. In looking over my notes for Orange-crowned Warbler, I saw that my last spring observation in Greene County was on April 19, 1996. Practically all of the few records I have for OCWA have been in fall. (Greeneville TOS also has sporadic fall count records for the bird.) In addition to the above, I also found an Orchard Oriole, a Common Yellowthroat, a White-eyed Vireo, and a Scarlet Tanager. Not bad for a few minutes birding time inside the city limits . . . . April is wonderful. Don Miller Greeneville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================