Doug Downs and I made a trip into a large, private marsh located in northern White County July 1. We flushed an American Bittern and a Virginia Rail from the marsh and also had 2 Willow Flycatchers. During a return trip to the marsh July 4, Ed LeGrand and I flushed the bittern again and also heard/saw 3 Henslow's Sparrows. Since this marsh is private, access to it is limited to those who have the landowner's permission to enter. Doug has permission to enter the site and in the future would be glad to hear from anyone wishing to make a foray into the marsh, but for the time being he has pressing family obligations and cannot guarantee he will be able to lead any trips on short (or even long) notice; when that situation changes, he will put a notice on the list- serv to that effect. His email: douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx I plan to try to locate the Henslow's this Friday morning for local birders; drop a line if you want to know when and where to meet Friday morning. Steve Stedman Cookeville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================