[TN-Bird] West TN sightings

From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:03:18 -0800 (PST)
I've had a few interesting birds of note in the last
few days in Gibson & Crockett Counties. A Red-brested
Nuthatch has been visiting my feeders since early
November and continues to do so. I also had a
Red-breasted Nuthatch yesterday in Alamo in Crockett
County.

Today in the Coxville community of Crockett County I
had three separate flocks of Snow Geese fly over
totaling about 500 birds. There were at least 10
Ross's Geese in the mix.

I had a flock of about 200 Cedar Waxwings today just
outside of Alamo in Crockett County.

Early this morning just down the road from my house in
the Mt. Orange community in Gibson County I had a
single male Merlin perched on a pole in the fog.

Perhaps the strangest bird event occurred last night
while feeding my dogs in my back yard. I heard quite
clearly a single plaintive call of a Sprague's Pipit
overhead! I listened in vain for it to call again and
it never did. Was it really a Sprague's or some
imitator? I guess I'll never know but I did listen to
recorded calls of a Sprague's after I went in the
house and there was no doubt that was what it sounded
like. 

Who knows what flies overhead at night that we can't
see!

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County


      
____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page. 
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
=================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

_____________________________________________________________
[TN-Bird] West TN sightings

Other related posts:
