August 17-18, 2007 Greene County--parts of the western portion Observed over the last couple of days: American Black Duck (1, Highway 348 approximately 0.3 mile west of Bible's Chapel Road, August 18; probably a sick or injured bird; was observed at this site very late into spring) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1 juvenile, Lick Creek at Green Road, August 18; I got excellent looks at the thick, dark bill, the characteristic thin, white edgings to the wing feathers, and the small triangular spots on the wings; there are breeding records for this species along Lick Creek many years ago; I have suspected that it still breeds along this waterway but have found no hard evidence) Least Sandpiper (1-2 juveniles, Baughard Hill Road, August 17-18) Eurasian Collared-Dove (1, vicinity of West Greene High School, August 17; 38th consecutive month here) Eastern Screech-Owl (1, along lower Holly Creek Road, August 18) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 _____________________________________________________________