May 14, 2009 A little birding time in Greeneville and western Greene County today, with a trip to Knoxville and back in between-- Snowy Egret (Greene Co., Pottertown Rd. 0.4 mile from North Mohawk Road; interesting observation: only 2 other personal Greene Co. records for this species--May 15 (2000) and May 16 (1997)); Osprey (Knox Co., I-40 at Holston River) Peregrine Falcon (Jefferson Co., I-40 at mile 420) Willow Flycatcher (Greene Co., Hwy. 348 adjacent to Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area unit in Beulah community; this is the same spot where WIFL has been observed sporadically by Ben Britton and me (and possibly others) over the last few years; as with all Empidonax flycatchers, identification was confirmed by vocalization) Swainson's Thrush (3, Greeneville) Canada Warbler (Greeneville) Savannah Sparrow (singing male, Greene Co., Lick Creek Bottoms WMA unit in Beulah) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene 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 _____________________________________________________________