February 6, 2010 Greene County: Kinser Park (KP), Greeneville, and nearby areas Birds were active today, many of them feeding vigorously in open areas in the chilly, damp weather. I spent about two and a half hours birding and recorded the following: Gadwall (14) Ring-necked Duck Wild Turkey (36) Northern Harrier Winter Wren (KP) Golden-crowned Kinglet (3) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush (KP) Brown Thrasher (KP) Cedar Waxwing (400+, Greeneville) Fox Sparrow (5, KP) Swamp Sparrow Interesting note on Fox Sparrow-- This is only the second time that I have found more than two in one day in Greene County since I began keeping records sixteen years ago. The other occasion was also on February 6--in 1996. On that day, I also found five. The location was a private property in western Greene County that I visited along with James Brooks, Jim Holt, Jo Anne Routledge, and Larry Routledge. We were responding to a report of a possible Pine Grosbeak, which proved to be a false alarm, but we found a nice offering of birds nonetheless. Where did fourteen years go? Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________