Below is a bird banding summary for the MAPS station at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge in SE Knox County (see KTOS website for directions).? This week we caught 80 birds total.? 57 were new birds banded.? ? Our next bird banding day will be Sunday, July 15, 2007.? We will meet at 5:30am to set up the nets by 6am.? All are invited. Let me know if you would like more information. ? --Jim Giocomo Knoxville, TN ? ? Bird Banding summary for Seven Islands, Knox County, TN 7-8-07. ? Species ????????? ??????????? ??????????? (this week,2007) Field Sparrow? ??????????? ??????????? (7,23) Song Sparrow? ??????????? ??????????? (7,21) Yellow-breasted Chat?? ??????????? (3,17) Common Yellowthroat??????????? (6,17) American Goldfinch????????? ??????????? (2,13) Northern Mockingbird??????????? (7,13) Orchard Oriole ??????????? (7,12) Eastern Phoebe??????????? ??????????? (2,11) Red-winged Blackbird??????????? (3,11) Indigo Bunting? ??????????? (3,11) Carolina Wren? ??????????? ??????????? (1,8) Blue Grosbeak ??????????? ??????????? (1,7) Tree Swallow?? ??????????? ??????????? (0,5) Eastern Towhee??????????? ??????????? (3,4) Brown Thrasher?????????? ??????????? (0,4) Northern Cardinal?????????? ??????????? (0,4) Eastern Bluebird?????????? ??????????? (2,3) Willow Flycatcher??????? ??????????? (0,3) Grasshopper Sparrow?????????? ??????????? (1,2) Brown-headed Cowbird??????????? (1,2) Cedar Waxwing????????? ??????????? (0,2) Prothonotary Warbler??????????? ??????????? (0,2) Downy Woodpecker??? ??????????? (0,2) Barn Swallow?? ??????????? ??????????? (0,2) Eastern Kingbird?????????? ??????????? (1,1) Great-crested Flycatcher??????????? (0,1) Hairy Woodpecker??? ??????????? (0,1) Yellow-billed Cuckoo??????????? ??????????? (0,1) Carolina Chickadee??????? ??????????? (0,1) White-eyed Vireo??? ??????????? (0,1) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher??????????? (0,1) House Finch???? ??????????? ??????????? (0,1) TOTAL??new birds????????????????? (57,207) ? Recaptures?????? ??????????? ??????????? (20,~70) ? ? 462 volunteer hours this year alone ? New species for 2007 Great-crested Flycatcher Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-billed Cuckoo Mourning Dove* * unbanded game bird ? Top three banded species for the station (2005-2007) Indigo Bunting 134 Song Sparrow 117 Field Sparrow 114 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =================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 _____________________________________________________________