This afternoon about 1 PM in Hamilton County at Brainerd levee I observed a Snowy Egret,a first for me at this location also: 7 Great Egrets 2 Immature little blue herons 2 green herons solitary sandpiper least sandpiper 4 Great Blue herons pied bill grebe After the thunderstorm in Ooltewah later in the day I had my first backyard warblers for fall, a magnolia and a chesnut-sided plus the peak in numbers of ruby-throated hummers for the years; at least 10 orbiting the feeders. Hugh Barger Ooltewah Hamilton County