April 9, 2011 Greene County: Paint Mountain (PM), Paint Creek Corridor (PCC), Hurricane Gap Road, and miscellaneous other sites I re-ran my route of March 26 (with a few additions) this morning, in high hopes of finding spring arrivals. I was not disappointed. Highlights, including a few winter residents, transients, and others, were Blue-winged Teal Wild Turkey (6) Black-crowned Night-Heron (3, Kinser Park) Osprey (PCC) Broad-winged Hawk (2, Hurricane Gap Rd.) Solitary Sandpiper (Birdwell Mill Rd.) Chimney Swift Pileated Woodpecker (12) Blue-headed Vireo (12) Horned Lark (S. Mill Rd.) Purple Martin Tree Swallow (9) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (6) Cliff Swallow (13, Oscar B. Lovette Bridge (Hwy. 70 at Nolichucky River)) Barn Swallow (9) Red-breasted Nuthatch (2, PM) Brown Creeper (singing, Hurricane Gap Rd.) House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (14) Brown Thrasher (6) Northern Parula (8, PCC, Hurricane Gap Rd.) Black-throated Green Warbler (74 (conservatively counted), PM, PCC, Hurricane Gap Rd.) Yellow-throated Warbler (6, PM, PCC) Pine Warbler (9) Prairie Warbler (PM) Black-and-white Warbler (7) Ovenbird (2) Louisiana Waterthrush (13, PCC, Hurricane Gap Rd.) Hooded Warbler (5) Chipping Sparrow (59) Savannah Sparrow 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________