Stan Wallace and I visited the Sequatchie Valley in Bledsoe County Sunday hoping to find Dickcissel to add to our life-lists. No luck with Dickcissel, but we did see 11 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS. There were the 5 (2 adult,3 juv.) on Ninemile Crossroads, 1 adult on Oxier Hollow Rd, and 5 adults along Upper E Valley Rd (1 north of Oxier Hollow Rd/Melvin Crossroads, 2 seperate pairs between Ninemile Crossroads and Worthington Cemetary Rd). We also spotted 2 EURASIAN-COLLARED DOVES (lifer for Stan) along Upper E Valley Rd between Ninemile Crossroads and Worthington Cemetary Rd (believe there was a pond on the west side of rd there). We heard 4 or 5 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (lifer for me) at a few spots along E Valley Rd as well. David Trently and 2 others were in the area as well and they helped with the 1st definite Grasshopper Sparrow ID. Below is a partial list. Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher - 11 Eastern Wood Pewee - 1 Eurasian-Collared Dove - 2 Blue Grosbeak - 2 Indigo Bunting - several Grasshopper Sparrow - 4-5 Chipping Sparrow - 4-5 Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - 1 Barn Swallow - many Chimney Swift Green Heron - 1 Great Blue Heron - 4 Belted Kingfisher - 2 Red-Tailed Hawk - 2 Accipiter Species - 1 Amer. Kestral - 4-5 Black Vulture - 1 Turkey Vulture - several Shane Williams - Knoxville,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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________