Hi Folks Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge is located in eastern Knox Co, follow the signs after exiting I-40 at the Midway Rd. exit. Complete directions are on the TOS website. Our banding session on Sunday October 26 was part of a continuing effort to band year round at the refuge. We're using six nets and open before sunrise and usually quit about 11:00. At our current location in the refuge we band in and along a hedgerow near the river and in cuts into the warm season grasses. On the 26th we banded 57 birds plus had 3 recaptures. Banded birds include carolina chickadee 4, ruby-crowned kinglet 2, american goldfinch 9, field sparrow 1, swamp sparrow 18, song sparrow 17, savannah sparrow 2, white-crowned sparrow 2, carolina wren 1 and northern cardinal 1. This was the first of season captures for kinglets, swamp sparrow, savannah sparrow and white-crowns. During our previous sessions from August, September and early October we banded a nice selection of birds. The refuge habitat is most suitable for grassland birds and we get a lot of indigo buntings, field sparrows, song sparrows and common yellowthroats. In that period we also banded small numbers of palm warblers, magnolia warblers, tennessee warblers, a few redstarts and a lincoln's sparrow. It is always interesting to see what shows up at the refuge. Our next scheduled sessions are Nov. 9 and 23. Mark Armstrong Seymour, Sevier Co, 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 _____________________________________________________________