Kyker Bottoms Blount Co. (close to the intersection of Blount, Monroe, & Loudon Cos. 11/03/02 Good Evening Everyone I took one hour today (3-4pm) to check out the sparrows at Kyker Bottoms parking lot area during light rain and was very pleased to come away with 9 species. Field -- numerous Vesper -- 2 Savannah -- 2 Fox -- 1 Song -- numerous Lincoln's -- 1 Swamp -- 5 White-throated -- 10+ White-crowned -- 6+ (no Grasshopper or Henslow's that have been in the area) Other birds noted: bluebird, winter wren, mallard (20), gadwall (2) Have a great week! Tom Howe Alcoa, TN =================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 =========================================================