Much time has been spent the last 2 weeks looking for and conducting Golden-Wing Warbler surveys in the Cumberlands (Campbell /Claiborne /Anderson County, TN) with some sporadic birding in between and on sites. The following may be of interest to E. Tn. bird subscribers On 5-5- I had a report of 2 Bald Eagles at Cove Lake St. Park. On 5-6-I had a report of an Imm. Eagle in the same area from a reliable source. They are possibly nesting nearby since I had several winter and Spring sightings there. (Somewhere on Norris Lake?) A Magnolia and Blackburnian Warbler were unexpected in Cove creek WMA near Jacksboro, TN. Probably migrants. A couple of BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen near Andersonville in Anderson County, TN. A SEDGE WREN at 3,000 ft. on top of Cross Mt. Campbell County was an interesting find on 5-9 10-20 Grasshopper Sparrows are at the above location too as well as Horned Larks suspected breeding again this year. I also found a new breeding colony of Grasshopper Sparrows in Claiborne County near Tackett Creek in an abandoned strip mine area . 10+ birds were present with probably more to be seen. 3 new sites for Golden_Winged Warbler have been located, one of these with 7 birds on Coopers Ridge in NW Claiborne County. Blue Winged Warbler was also present in this area. 6 GWWA were found near Peabody/ Hwy 25W halfway between Lafollette and Jellico along with 2 Blue-Wing warblers at an elevation of 1700-1800 ft. in an abandoned grown over strip mine. Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery: (Clinton, TN Anderson County) May 10 - 1 BLUE WINGED TEAL 20-25 CLIFF SWALLOWS were seen gathering mud. I watched the direction they were going and checked the new Veteran's Memorial Bridge bridge (Hwy 61) in Clinton over the Clinch River. There is a HUGE new colony there with over 100 clusters of freshly made mud nests! This is the largest colony of Cliff Swallows I have ever seen. A Solitary and Spotted SP was also at EBend Nell Moore Caryville, TN CampbellCounty, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================