I saw a single Red-winged Blackbird near National Guard Armory, Stoney Creek, near Elizabethton in Carter Co, TN, on March 1. My first of the season. I saw the bird during a lunch break. I then got home and had 35 Red-winged Blackbirds in the stand of cattails near my fish pond at home in Hampton, TN. Also, at Rasar Farm near Elizabethton in Carter Co., 17 American Wigeons and five Buffleheads. I ran into Frank Ward, a fellow member of the Lee & Lois Herndon TOS chapter while at Rasar Farm, who was out birding as well. Bryan Stevens, Hampton, 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 _____________________________________________________________