TN-birders, I just returned last night from a week on Kaua'i, with some great birding. But, upon checking email this morning I see I'm definitely not alone. I had a sneaking suspicion that I would miss some good birds while I was gone, and did that ever come true. I hope to head west tomorrow, if I can get my wife to turn her head long enough for me to sneak off, for that White-faced Ibis that has eluded my state list. What an amazing week for TN rarities (and not all along the mighty Mississip) , as Jeff predicted before I left. The following section of the email does not pertain to birding in TN, so feel free to disregard. Regarding my Hawaii trip, I'll be putting together a trip report, and posting alot of pictures once I get caught up on some stuff around here. My trip was very successful, especially since it wasn't a "birding trip". I birded about half the time we were gone, and in three and a half HARD days of birding I covered pretty well all of the productive areas on the island. This total includes almost a full day of hiking 8 miles of the Pihea Ridge/Alaki Swamp trail in the upper reaches of Kaua'is mountains. This paid off with 7 of the 8 remaining Hawaii endemics remaining on Kaua'i, with 4 of these endemic just to Kaua'i. My total for the island was 55 species, which doesn't sound like much, but the norm for a two-week tour of all the islands is 100 species + or - 5. I didn't miss any species that I had a decent shot at, and picked up several that I wasn't expecting to get, although a few of these birds held out to the last day. As it's a short list, I'm posting a species list below. CAPS = lifer * = photos LAYSAN ALBATROSS * DARK-RUMPED (HAWAIIAN) PETREL BULWER'S PETREL Wedge-tailed Shearwater * (previously seen on trip to Maui) SOOTY SHEARWATER TOWNSEND'S SHEARWATER RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD * WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD * BROWN BOOBY * RED-FOOTED BOOBY * Great Frigatebird * (previously seen on trip to Maui) Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron * HAWAIIAN GOOSE * HAWAIIAN DUCK * BLACK FRANCOLIN * ERCKEL'S FRANCOLIN * JAPANESE QUAIL RED JUNGLEFOWL * Ring-necked Pheasant * Common Moorhen (Hawaiian race) * Hawaiian Coot * (previously seen on trip to Maui) Black-necked Stilt (Hawaiian race) * PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER * WANDERING TATTLER * Ruddy Turnstone * BLACK NODDY Rock Dove Spotted Dove * (previously seen on trip to Maui) Zebra Dove * (previously seen on trip to Maui) Short-eared Owl (Hawaiian race) Northern Mockingbird PUAIOHI ( great bird!) JAPANESE BUSH-WARBLER * WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA * (KAUA'I) ELAPAIO * GREATER NECKLACED LAUGHINGTHRUSH HWAMEI (MELODIOUS LAUGHINGTRUSH) * Japanese White-eye * (previously seen on trip to Maui) Common Myna * (previously seen on trip to Maui) House Sparrow COMMON WAXBILL RED AVADAVAT * NUTMEG MANNIKIN * CHESTNUT MUNIA * JAVA SPARROW * House Finch KAUA'I AMAKIHI * ANIANIAU AKEKEE * Iiwi (previously seen on trip to Maui) Apapane * (previously seen on trip to Maui) RED-CRESTED CARDINAL * Northern Cardinal Western Meadowlark * Good birding!!!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN Carroll Co. birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 =========================================================