September 3-12, 2008 A thumbnail sketch of bird activity I've recorded in Greene County during the last week and a half: Blue-winged Teal (2, Kinser Park, Sep. 7) Wild Turkey (4-6 (including young), Sep. 9-10) Pied-billed Grebe (1, Birdwell Mill Rd., Sep. 7) Great Egret (1, Sep. 7) Green Heron (1, Sep. 7) Black-crowned Night-Heron (1, Kinser Park, Sep. 7) Osprey (1, Allen's Bridge, Sep. 7) Sharp-shinned Hawk (1, Greeneville, Sep. 10) Cooper's Hawk (1, Sep. 9, 12) Solitary Sandpiper (1-3, Sep. 6-7, 12) Semipalmated Sandpiper (1, Cartwheel Rd., Sep. 6-7) Least Sandpiper (1-5, Sep. 6-7, 12) Pectoral Sandpiper (1, Birdwell Mill Rd., Sep. 7) Eastern Screech-Owl (1, at our home in Greeneville, Sep. 3, 10, 12) Common Nighthawk (1-40, Sep. 3, 5, 7, 9-12) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3, Sep. 7, 12) Chimney Swift (2-28, Sep. 3-5, 7-12) Eastern Wood-Pewee (1-5, Sep. 3-5, 7-10, 12) Empidonax species (1, Greeneville, Sep. 4) Willow Flycatcher (1, along lower Holly Creek, Sep. 12; confirmed by call, heard well twice) Great Crested Flycatcher (1, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5, 7) Eastern Kingbird (1, Sep. 4-5, 7) White-eyed Vireo (1-4, Sep. 3-5, 7-12) Yellow-throated Vireo (1, Greeneville, Sep. 3) Blue-headed Vireo (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Red-eyed Vireo (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4, 7-8, 11-12) Common Raven (2, Paint Creek Recreation Area and Hwy. 70 near NC line, Sep. 6) Tree Swallow (25, Sep. 6) Barn Swallow (2-5, Sep. 6, 10) House Wren (1-2, Sep. 4-5, 7, 12) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1-2, Sep. 5, 9, 12) Northern Parula (1, Greeneville, Sep. 3, 8) Chestnut-sided Warbler (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5) Magnolia Warbler (1-2, Sep. 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11) Blackburnian Warbler (1-2, Greeneville, Sep. 4, 8-11) Pine Warbler (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Prairie Warbler (1, Paint Creek Recreation Area, Sep. 6) Black-and-white Warbler (1, Greeneville, Sep. 8) American Redstart (1-3, Greeneville, Sep. 4-5, 7-9, 11) Ovenbird (1, Greeneville, Sep. 7) Northern Waterthrush (1, along lower Holly Creek, Sep. 12) Common Yellowthroat (1, Greeneville, Sep. 8) Hooded Warbler (1, Sep. 6, 12) Yellow-breasted Chat (1, Greeneville, Sep. 9) Scarlet Tanager (1, Sep. 6-7) Savannah Sparrow (1, Sep. 12) Blue Grosbeak (1-3, Sep. 4-7, 12) Indigo Bunting (1-2, Sep. 6-11) 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 _____________________________________________________________