A few things of note in the yard (west Knox Co) over the past few days including several new late dates for the yard: Osprey, 1, 5/10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1, 5/12 FOS for the yard, none in the yard in 2007 previously regular Blue-headed Vireo, 1, seen and heard on 5/12, new late date in the yard by 19 days! Chestnut-sided Warbler, 2, 5/10 causing excitement by singing B song, also on 5/12 which is new late date for yard Magnolia Warbler, 1, 5/10 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler, last seen 5/10, new late date for yard Black-throated Green Warbler, 5/12 Blackburnian Warbler, 2, 5/10, 5/12, new late date for yard Bay-breasted Warbler, 1-2, 5/10 Blackpoll Warbler, every day since 5/02, 11 days in a row, all males until 5/12 when no males were heard/seen but several females (2-4) were passing through Baltimore Oriole, 1, 5/10 Swainson's Thrush, Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks continue as well. And some notes from Jefferson Co on 5/11: White-crowned Sparrow, continue at my parents' feeders in Jefferson City Rose-breasted Grosbeak as well At the ponds in New Market along Old AJ Hwy, Whitaker and Eslinger Rds: Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Least Sandpiper, at least 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove, 1 on the wires directly over Hwy 11-E at the usual spot by the dairy farm and ambulance station in New Market. Dean Edwards Knoxville, 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 _____________________________________________________________