Sunday March 18, 2007 Marshall County, TN 3 1/2 miles North of Caney Springs Yesterday while riding a tractor through a broomsedge field on the farm I noticed a small bird pop up and fly a short distance. I did not have my binoculars with me, but I cut the engine off, jumped down off the tractor, and began pishing where I last saw the bird. To my surprise I heard the characteristic chatter of a Sedge wren. This is the first Sedge wren observed on our farm and it occurred in a field that is managed by prescribed burning. The field was burned 2 years ago and is very thick with broomsedge. Robinson notes that late winter observations are extremely rare. I suspect that this bird is an early migrant as I have spent a lot of time in this field this winter and have not seen nor heard any wrens other than Carolina's. Daniel Moss Clarksville, 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 _____________________________________________________________