Hi Folks, Spent some time on Avisys last night, entering sightings. Discovered the Yellow Rail I saw on Tuesday was a lifer. I'd thought I'd seen them and not Black, but I was mistaken. Yippee! One in Delaware, one in Texas for the Black. I heard a Worm-Eating Warbler on Tuesday and an Ovenbird yesterday for Tremont first-of-year birds. Northern Rough-winged Swallow pair number 2, and they aren't always the nicest of neighbors on the utility lines above the Middle Prong. Dean - congrats on the Seaside. Lemme guess... the boardwalk opposite the observation tower, second corner? Tracey Everson and I will be camping at Warrior's Path State Park this weekend. If there are any birders in the area, drop by and ask for us. I'm co-leading a bird walk small presentation on migration as part of their Earth Day celebrations. I hope to see some of you tomorrow at the Townsend Wye. If you don't know where that is, just ask anyone in the town of Townsend (Blount County, NW entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And think Swainson's... charlie Charlie ===== ************************************************** Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" "Do something. If it works, do it again. If it does not work, do something else. But above all else: Do Something." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ =================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 =========================================================