July 21, 2007 western Greene County, including Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), the Joachime Bible Refuge unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (JBR), and numerous back roads in Midway, Mohawk, and Warrensburg observers: Virginia Fairchild, Rick Knight, Cathey Love, Don Miller time spent: about 6.5 hours A good day, with 60+ species of birds, 20 species of butterflies, and various other critters. Highlights included Northern Bobwhite Great Egret (6 WMDC) Green Heron (2 WMDC) Red-tailed Hawk (5) Solitary Sandpiper (3) Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl (Little Warrensburg Road) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2) Red-headed Woodpecker (4 adults and 4 juveniles on Green Road) Eastern Wood-Pewee (2) Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird (13) White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Purple Martin (3) Tree Swallow (96) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (at least 2) Bank Swallow (834+, mostly in two large flocks on wires at JBR and nearby) Cliff Swallow (5) Barn Swallow (78) uncounted swallows (many dozen) Wood Thrush (2 on Oakwood Road) Kentucky Warbler (2 on Oakwood Road) Common Yellowthroat (20) Summer Tanager (4) Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow (3) Grasshopper Sparrow (2) Blue Grosbeak (at least 10) Indigo Bunting (58) Butterflies (complete list): Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Little Yellow (JBR) Gray Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed-Blue American Snout, Variegated Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, , Question Mark, Red Admiral, Common Buckeye, Red-spotted Purple, Hackberry Emperor, Carolina Satyr, Monarch Silver-spotted Skipper, Clouded Skipper (WMDC), Sachem Raccoon (3 JBR) ticks: 1 or 2 :) Thanks, Virginia, Cathey, and Rick, for inviting me along on your Greene County trip. I had a splendid time. Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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@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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________