Birded Friday - Sunday in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan Counties. My Field Notes are below. [to convert meters to feet multiply by 3.28083989501312] Friday 3/25/2011 2:16:34PM at or near: Dry Creek Road 1589 State Highway 2587, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA 36.245090°N 82.376539°W @719.0m (Washington County) Blue-headed Vireo 2 2:26:55PM at or near: Dry Creek Road 1204-1588 State Highway 2587, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA 36.239935°N 82.385116°W @711.0m (Washington County) Blue-headed Vireo 3 Pileated Woodpecker Golden-crowned Kinglet 3:41:58PM at or near: Corby Bridge Road and old TN 34 664 Washington College Rd, Telford (Washington), TN 37690, USA 36.206092°N 82.549228°W @489.0m (Washington County) Blue-winged Teal 3:46:56PM at or near: 309 Corby Bridge Rd, Limestone (Washington), TN 37681, USA 36.209223°N 82.621789°W @453.0m Blue-winged Teal 2 4:17:50PM at or near: 199 Keebler Rd, Limestone (Washington), TN 37681, USA 36.206447°N 82.637733°W @437.0m 8-10 Horned Larks Saturday 3/26/11 10:16:54AM at or near: Shook Branch 1040-2612 U.S. 321 Scenic, Laurel Fork (Carter), TN 37658, USA 36.302696°N 82.126043°W @606.0m Blue-headed Vireo Mallard Chickadee Crow Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay 10:34:26AM at or near: Watauga Point U.S. 321 Scenic, Laurel Fork (Carter), TN 37658, USA 36.319254°N 82.084202°W @589.0m Pine Warbler Northern Flicker Tufted Titmouse Dark-eyed Junco American Crow White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Chickadee Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Chipping Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee Downy Woodpecker American Robin 2 11:38:00AM at or near: Upper Entrance to Pond Moutain Little Stony Creek Rd, Butler, TN (Carter) 37640, USA 36.311821°N 82.072686°W @606.0m Ruffed Grouse Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Eastern Phoebe Dark-eyed Junco Carolina Wren Hairy Woodpecker Pine Warbler 2 3:30:29PM at or near: Little Wilbur Dam Horsehoe Dam Rd, Elizabethton (Carter), TN 37643, USA 36.339120°N 82.118110°W @522.0m Pine Warbler 2 Bufflehead 50 Northern Rough-winged Swallows 5 Sunday 3/27/11 9:47:33AM at or near: Paddle Creek Pond 659 Paddle Creek Rd, Bristol (Sullivan), TN 37620, USA 36.505897°N 82.184600°W @462.0m Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Barn Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallows 5 Wilson's Snipe 2 Canada Geese 32 Great Blue Heron Tree Swallow 8-10 Gadwall 2 Blue-winged Teal 4 American Wigeon 2 Wood Duck 2 Belted Kingfisher Killdeer 4 10:23:38AM at or near: South Holston River Riverside Rd. to Patton Circle 1785 Riverside Rd, Bluff City, TN (Sullivan) 37618, USA 36.493228°N 82.194369°W @438.0m Lesser Scaup Great Blue Heron 4 Belted Kingfisher 6 Hooded Merganser 2 Mallard Kestrel Chipping Sparrows Eastern Bluebirds 11:11:40AM at or near: Weir Dam 376 Holston View Dam Rd, Bristol (Sullivan), TN 37620, USA 36.524016°N 82.109536°W @452.0m Mallard 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows Tree Swallows Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow 5 Tufted Titmouse 3 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker American Robins Blue Jays 11:50:40AM at or near: Top of South Holston Dam S Holston Dam Rd, Bristol, TN 37620, USA 36.525423°N 82.087758°W @529.0m Common Loon Red-breasted Merganser 2 (hens) Ring-billed Gulls (many) 12:53:42PM at or near: Musick's Campground 465 Painter Creek Rd, Bristol (Sullivan), TN 37620, USA 36.591208°N 82.029107°W @533.0m Brown Thrasher (singing) Eared Grebe 2 Horned Grebe Common Loon 4 Pied-billed Grebe 7 Ring-billed Gull (many) Tree Swallow (lots) 2:21:02PM at or near:The Point Boat Ramp at South Holston Bridge 5562-5718 Tennessee 34 Scenic, Holston Valley (Sullivan), TN 37620, USA 36.559173°N 82.040908°W @533.0m Pine Warbler Common Loon Bonaparte's Gull 4 Osprey Ring-billed Gull 20+ Tree Swallow (loads over the lake) Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Double-crested Cormorant Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse Song Sparrow 1:33:21PM at or near: TWRA Boat Ramp next to Musick's Lake Acc, Bristol, TN (Sullivan) 37620, USA 36.585773°N 82.033108°W @528.0m Red-breasted Merganser 6 Ring-necked Duck 4 Double-crested Cormorant 44 Common Loon 3 Common Raven 1 (being harassed by 2 American Crows) Ring-billed Gulls 200+ Tree Swallows (lots) Pied-billed Grebe 15 2:55:08PM at or near: 400-498 Redstone Dr, Bristol (Sullivan), TN 37620, USA 36.590038°N 82.135681°W @538.0m Common Raven American Crow (harassing Raven) Mallard 4 Tree Swallows Barn Swallow Pied-billed Grebe 2 Rob Biller Elizabethon, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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