TN-Birders: After a good day butterflying Libby Wolfe and I made a swing by the Standifer Gap Marsh in Chattanooga and were treated to two sightings of UPLAND SANDPIPER. The first time the bird flew back and across the ditch. We thought we lost it. However on the third drive down the road we spotted it again - in the same location. We had excellent looks at the bird and then it flew - up, up and AWAY farther and farther from us until it was a speck in the sky. We birded in the area about an hour and it never returned. This was about 5:30 PM. According to Cornell Birds of North America on line they migrate at night, so this bird could have been leaving our area. Libby and I both think the fields across the street (Standifer Gap Road) should be great places for the UP SA. Carol Fegarido Collegedale - Chattanooga Hamilton county =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________