The Hiwassee CBC was held on January 1 with 25 participants in the field. The final species tally was 92 which is below average, there just were not a lot of birds in the area. The highlights included: 4 goose species (a first for the CBC) 3 ROSS'S GOOSE 15 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 11 Snow Goose 521 Hooded Mergansers (an all-time high) 16 Great Egrets (all-time high) 31 Bald Eagles (8 adults, 23 immatures) (all-time high) 18 Red-headed Woodpeckers (all-time high) 38 White-crowned Sparrows (all-time high) 1 Vesper Sparrow (rare for this CBC) Lowlights: 8164 Sandhill Cranes (below average, very little corn left on the refuge) No Cooper's Hawk 1 Pine Warbler Waterfowl numbers were way down all along the board. No Barred Owl No Northern Bobwhite I want to thank all of the participants for their hard work!! Kevin Calhoon (Count Compiler) Chattanooga 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 __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________