Ruth Luckado and I birded the Cumberland Springs and Turkey Creek areas in Moore County and the Tullahoma Airport in Coffee County today (4/6/07). At Cumberland Springs we saw a Barred Owl, a Broad-winged Hawk, a singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet, several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Northern Parulas, and a Louisiana Waterthrush. In the Turkey Creek area (near Tims Ford Lake), we had a Northern Bobwhite, White-eyed Vireo, a couple of Nashville Warblers, and an Indigo Bunting. At the Tullahoma Airport, we had a Chimney Swift, a couple of Barn Swallows, and several Purple Martins. On a rather comical note, we watched a Carolina Chickadee salvage fur from a road-killed possum (presumably for a nest). The little bird was really struggling to pluck as much fur from that carcass as possible--and it did get quite a mouthful. Nature is resourceful--after all, why should all that perfectly good hair go to waste? Species list for the day: Canada Goose Wild Turkey (Cumberland Springs) N. Bobwhite Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture BW Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Am. Kestrel (the folks at the airport say they're nesting there) Killdeer Barred Owl Chimney Swift Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker N. Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Am. Crow Purple Martin Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher E. Bluebird Am. Robin N. Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Eur. Starling Nashville Warbler N. Parula La. Waterthrush E. Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow N. Cardinal Indigo Bunting RW Blackbird E. Meadowlark BH Cowbird Am Goldfinch Total Species: 46 Laura McCall Lynchburg, TN (Moore County) =================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 _____________________________________________________________