After early morning golf outing at Baneberry (Jefferson co.) I made a swing through Rankin bottoms WMA (Cocke Co.). I attached my e-bird report. The water was high, but an airboat brought up the Canada geese and the Coot. Earlier in the day I had two flyover Great Egrets, a Cormorant, and an osprey at the golf course. A little further down the point at Nina's Ferry, I had wood thrush and Acadian flycatcher singing in the woods, and a pair of Baltimore Orioles by the lake. I am curious, back at Rankin, about some white "no Tresspassing" signs with red lettering. No idication as to who posted them? Maybe Mike and Leslie might have some info? A Birding we will go, Ben Britton Morristown, Hamblen Co.> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 21:25:38 -0400> From: do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx> To: benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: eBird Report - TN Rankin Bottoms , 5/30/08> > > > Location: TN Rankin Bottoms> Observation date: 5/30/08> Notes: Prothonotary singing, cliff swallows at bridge, 2 osprey nest.> Number of species: 52> > Canada Goose 85> Mallard 6> Great Blue Heron 3> Green Heron 3> Black Vulture 3> Turkey Vulture 1> Osprey 3> Red-tailed Hawk 1> American Kestrel 1> American Coot 1> Rock Pigeon 5> Mourning Dove 4> Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2> Downy Woodpecker 1> Northern Flicker 1> Pileated Woodpecker 1> Eastern Wood-Pewee 1> Eastern Phoebe 2> White-eyed Vireo 3> Yellow-throated Vireo 2> Red-eyed Vireo 3> Blue Jay 1> American Crow 2> Tree Swallow 4> Cliff Swallow 58> Barn Swallow 4> Carolina Chickadee 3> Tufted Titmouse 3> Carolina Wren 3> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5> Eastern Bluebird 2> Northern Mockingbird 3> European Starling 6> Cedar Waxwing 2> Yellow Warbler 2> Prothonotary Warbler 5> Common Yellowthroat 3> Yellow-breasted Chat 2> Summer Tanager 1> Eastern Towhee 1> Chipping Sparrow 2> Field Sparrow 5> Song Sparrow 6> Northern Cardinal 4> Blue Grosbeak 2> Indigo Bunting 9> Red-winged Blackbird 8> Common Grackle 6> Brown-headed Cowbird 5> Orchard Oriole 4> American Goldfinch 4> > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld =================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 _____________________________________________________________