KTOS field trip to Sharps Ridge in Knoxville was attended by 23 folks today. It was not great day for the ridge, but the birding and the company were both good. Eight species of warblers: northern parula, yellow-rumped, black-throated green, prairie, pine, black and white, worm-eating and hooded; two species of vireo: blue-headed and yellow-throated; and scarlet tanager were seen, and wood thrush were heard. Total species count was 37. For more information on birding Sharps Ridge please visit: http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/SharpsRidge.htm The complete list: Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Cooper's Hawk X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Eastern Phoebe X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Barn Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Wood Thrush X American Robin X European Starling X Cedar Waxwing X Northern Parula X Yellow-rumped Warbler X Black-throated Green Warbler X Pine Warbler X Prairie Warbler X Black-and-white Warbler X Worm-eating Warbler X Hooded Warbler X Scarlet Tanager X Eastern Towhee X Song Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Common Grackle X If I missed anything, please let me know. Dan Mooney Knoxville, TN Knox County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________