Last Saturday on the Elizabethton fall bird count I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to count in Shady Valley (Johnson Co.). I was hoping to see some of the good birds Rick Knight had been finding there, and was not disappointed. The Least Bittern was still there. It sat by a sedge clump across the open water of the beaver pond, asleep, the whole time I was there. There were also Sora, a Sedge Wren, and Marsh Wrens around the beaver pond. The lower section of trail was flooded just before the manmade dike that the beaver has annexed for his dam. I waded across to the end of the dike for a vantage point. Looking downstream and to the left I saw an orangey sparrow with unstreaked gray nape and gray central crown stripe, a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, posing for my perusal. I was reminded of the time just a few years ago when Howard Langridge described to me the one that he had just seen in just about the same spot. I didn't see it that first time, except as a disappearing LBJ, and in my mind's eye with Howard's help. Thanks for the lesson, Howard! I have also seen a few migrants in Greene Co. this week. Monday, 02 OCT 2006 at Clyde Austin 4-H Center Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (my FOS) Cape May Warbler Sharp-shinned Hawk. Tuesday, 03 OCT 2006 on Little Indian Creek Rd. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler White-eyed Vireo. Wednesday, 04 OCT 2006 on Little Indian Creek Rd. White-throated Sparrow (my FOS) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blackburnian Warblers Black-throated Green Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Eastern Wood-Pewee Don Holt Johnson City, TN ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. =================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 _____________________________________________________________