The Knoxville Chapter TOS had a field trip today to Rankin Bottoms, Blount Co., TN. About 10 people were on the trip led by Charlie Muise. We birded the area from 0800-1200. The morning started with a heavy frost, which burned off by mid-morning. Bird seen: Canada Goose 25 Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 15 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 5 N Pintail 8 Green-winged Teal 5 Wild Turkey 1 N Bobwhite 30 Great Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 20 Turkey Vulture 60 Coopers Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Am Kestrel 1 Killdeer 2 Wilson?s Snipe 2 Mourning Dove 20 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 N Flicker 4 E Phoebe 4+ Loggerhead Shrike 1 Blue Jay 15 Am Crow 25 Tree Swallow 8 Carolina Chickadee 3 Carolina Wren 6 House Wren 4 Ruby-cr Kinglet 1 E Bluebird 15 Am Robin 25 N Mockingbird 5 Euro Starling 100 Cedar Waxwing 25 Orange-cr Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Palm Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 15 Field Sparrow 8 Vesper Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 100+ Swamp Sparrow 100+ White-thr Sparrow 15 White-cr Sparrow 25 N Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 400 E Meadowlark 6 Rusty Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 House Finch 5 Am Goldfinch 30 House Sparrow 2 Chuck Nicholson Norris, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________