You have reached Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. This is Update Number #21 made on August 17, 2002. You may skip this message to leave a message by pressing the pound key. One Least Bittern and a Solitary Sandpiper, and two Semipalmated Sandpiper were seen at Standifer Gap Marsh on August 16. (David Patterson) Five species of warblers were seen at the Cravens House on August 15. Present were two Cerulean, one Yellow-throated, five Black-throated Green Warblers, one Prairie Warbler and two Hooded Warblers. Also a Blue-headed Vireo was seen. (Kevin Calhoon) The first Chestnut-sided Warbler of the fall was seen at the Cravens House on August 17 and an immature Little Blue Heron was seen at Amnicola Marsh also on August 17. (Harold Birch) Three Cattle Egrets were seen at Baylor lake on August 11. (Bill Haley) The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on September 12 at 7:00 PM at the Accension Luthern Church 720 South Germantown Road Be on the lookout for more early fall migrants. =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================