I spent a few hours this morning birding and photographing at Bell's Bend. The Henslow's were singing a bit when I arrived, but not very much, and they had shut down completely when I came back around. Complete list below. Chris Sloan, Nashville, TN Location: Bell's Bend Park Observation date: 4/25/09 Number of species: 57 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus 5 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus 1 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 1 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius 1 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria 1 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 2 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 2 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 4 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus 3 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 4 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 3 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 2 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 5 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 3 American Robin - Turdus migratorius 5 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 2 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 2 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 35 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora pinus 4 Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 1 Northern Parula - Parula americana 1 Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 4 Prairie Warbler - Dendroica discolor 34 Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum 6 * palmarum (Western) Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea 1 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 29 Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens 19 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra 1 Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea 1 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 7 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 57 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis 9 Henslow's Sparrow - Ammodramus henslowii 3 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana 9 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 3 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 2 * leucophrys (Eastern) Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 6 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea 3 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 9 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 65 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna 4 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 6 Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius 25 House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 2 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 16 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________