I got up at 6:30am Sunday morning and birded around the yard for about 2 hrs before the rest of the family got up and we left for church. Good activity following the cold front passage both before and after dawn. Highlights below, all from west Knox Co, Sunday 22 Sept 2013. Chimney Swift, 2+ Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 4+ E Wood-Pewee, ~5 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2 6 Thrushes and 3 Thrashers: Swainson's, ~100 pre-dawn flight calls, 10+ seen and/or heard in the woods after dawn mainly working the Blackgums Gray-cheeked, ~10 pre-dawn, 1 seen after dawn Wood, ~10 pre-dawn, at least 1 heard in the woods after dawn Veery, ~10 pre-dawn, 1-2 heard in the woods after dawn Brown Thrasher, 5 Gray Catbird, 1 heard mewing in the wild grape around dawn Plus the regular E Bluebirds, Am Robins, and N Mickingbirds Warblers: 20+ pre- and post-dawn flyovers GOLDEN-WINGED, 1 cooperative male Am Redstart, 3-5 Magnolia, 2, more probables heard as flyovers based on flight call Blackburnian, 2 Black-throated Green, 2 Black-and-white, 1 Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN Sent from my iPhone=================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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. _____________________________________________________________ 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 Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________