Life lister for me today to bring my big year to 211!!! Not quite the biggest ever, but nonetheless good for only southeastern birding. I saw one of three Sora's heard today. Very hard to see but patience paid off and got a quick look at one. Didnt take the time to count the numbers of birds today, but I do have a species list that is fairly good. Sora Great Blue Heron Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Mallard Gadwall Canada Goose American coot Pied-bill Grebe Belted Kingfisher Green-winged Teal American Crow Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Northern Mockingbird Northern Cardinal American Robin Blue Jay European Starling Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Brown Thrasher Gray Catbird Eastern Bluebird Killdeer Mourning Dove Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow Field Sparrow possible Grasshopper sparrow; heard call note possibly; unconfirmed Winter Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren American Goldfinch Eastern Towhee Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Flicker Downy Woodpecker Time: 800am - 1230pm Jacob Job Johnson City, TN ETSU Ooltewah, TN --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. =================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 _____________________________________________________________