CORRECTION: I incorrectly cited the location of the sightings on Wednesday as being near Turner Lane, instead of the correct name, Thompson Lane. ADDITIONS: SUNDAY 29 MAY 2005 Washington Co., TN At the same site as Wednesday's sighting, on Charlie Carson Rd. in Washington Co., TN, I observed two male BOBOLINKS repeatedly flying out over the uncut hayfield and back to their fenceposts, seeming to slow down over a certain area of the field, and at times landing in that area. I saw a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE again, but near the Bobolink field behind the greenhouse/nursery this time. I also saw a NORTHERN BOBWHITE giving the covey call from a fencepost. Later in the day, Dianne Draper and I saw the RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at the Conklin Rd. site between Charlie Dillow Rd. and Nofattie Rd., and heard a BLUE GROSBEAK at the end of Conklin Rd. nearest to Bailey Bridge. At the pond on Powell Rd. we observed for a long while a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, with good side by side comparisons, both at rest and in flight. The birds were still there when we left. At Bud Lane a male DICKCISSEL was singing from the powerline halfway between the first and second barn. As we watched, he flew down to a female DICKCISSEL perched in the tall grass. It happened so quickly I'm not sure it was successful, but he appeared to make copulatory contact with her, after which she shook and preened before disappearing into the grass. Don Holt Johnson City, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================