April 3, 2011 Greene County: Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), Bridge Burners Blvd., etc. A couple of hours in the field this morning and an additional hour or so this afternoon and evening produced a nice mix of birds, including Tundra Swan (WMDC, 4th pond; present at least since January 1) Wood Duck (WMDC) Blue-winged Teal (15, at 3 sites) Northern Shoveler (4, Bridge Burners Blvd.) Green-winged Teal (4, Bridge Burners Blvd.) Pied-billed Grebe (4, at 2 sites) Double-crested Cormorant (Allen's Bridge) Northern Harrier (2, WMDC) Broad-winged Hawk (Sanders Rd., a low-elevation fly-by) Peregrine Falcon (adult, Brown's Bridge Rd.) American Coot (36) Solitary Sandpiper (Bridge Burners Blvd.) Lesser Yellowlegs (6, Bridge Burners Blvd.) Pectoral Sandpiper (2, Bridge Burners Blvd.) Wilson's Snipe (23, WMDC, Bridge Burners Blvd.) Bonaparte's Gull (Bridge Burners Blvd.) Eurasian Collared-Dove (Unaka Dr., Mosheim) Common Raven (2, WMDC; probably the same 2 birds seen on Bridge Burners Blvd. on March 19) Purple Martin (3) Tree Swallow (13) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (8) Barn Swallow (2) Winter Wren (singing, Greeneville) Marsh Wren (singing, WMDC, 3rd pond) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (singing, Greeneville) Chipping Sparrow (4, singing) Savannah Sparrow (3, including 1 singing) Swamp Sparrow (singing) White-crowned Sparrow Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________