My wife an I went on a mid-day scouting trip to Seven Islands WR in Knox County. Although it was very windy we did see several interesting birds including my first Tree Swallows (~15) this year (feeding over the river) and a dozen Snipe. Other species included... Red-winged Blackbird (12) Eastern Meadowlark (5) Field Sparrow (4) Savannah Sparrow (1) Song Sparrow (3) Americen Kestrel (1) Downy Woodpecker (2) Carolina Chickadee (2) Canada Goose (15) Mourning Dove (3) Great Blue Heron (1) Northern Mockingbird (1) Jim Giocomo Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================