We started up the Big Bald (Unicoi County) banding station this last week. I hope to continue this tradition begun 25 years ago this year by my father. In fact, the station is expanding this year to include a hawk focused banding program being spearheaded by Kathy Gunther of Seattle and Mark Hopey, a friend and long time helper at our station. We had nothing unusual except that no Tennessees have come through yet. Everything seems to be local birds ? Black-throated blues and Juncos are the majority of birds so far, with a few Solitary vireos, Ovenbirds, a Hooded Warbler and a Phoebe thrown in for good measure. Broad wings are already on the move, and we spotted one Red-tail that was apparently migrating and a juvenile Peregrine that was definitely on the hunt. I watched him dive from way up into a wooded area at very high speed (awesome!). If you are in East Tennessee and want to drop in, give me a shout via email or phone (828-453-9110) and I?ll call the security guards at Wolf Laurel to get them to give you access. G. Rad Mayfield, III East Rutherford High School Forest City, NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.737 / Virus Database: 491 - Release Date: 8/11/2004 =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================