This morning between and during rain showers I had quite a nice mix of = birds behind my office at the Ag Center in south Nashville (from 7-10am). = Only reason I birded was because I stepped out of my truck at the office = and heard a Yellow Warbler singing and looked and saw a male Blackpoll, = but later did see the Yellow. Ended up with 11 species of warbler and 4 vireos. Jan Shaw had Orchard = Oriole and Bay-breasted Warbler on the other side of the Ag Center this = morning to compliment this list. Wood Thrush-1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (a few) Summer and Scarlet Tanager females looking at one another in the same tree Yellow-thr Vireo- 1 Red-eyed Vireo- first for me in the Nashville area this year Blue-headed Vireo-1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo- 1 seen, not heard, FOS E Kingbirds, white-eyed Vireos, and gnatcatchers of course Indigo Bunting- a few males Field Sparrow along the forest edge Yellow-rumped Warbler-1 Blue-winged Warbler- seen not heard Blackpoll Warbler -male 1, seen and heard, maybe 2 individuals not sure Yellow Warbler - at least 3 males Western Palm Warblers - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Magnolia Warbler - 1 male seen and heard Nashville Warbler - 1 Northern Parula - 1 female seen Northern Waterthrush - 2 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 Coopers Hawk adult that called a few times and scared off all the birds Cheers, Scott Somershoe State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 601-868-0101 (cell) 615-781-6654 (fax) Shipping addresses for packages: UPS: TWRA, 440 Hogan Rd Nashville, TN 37220 =20 FedEx: TWRA 5107 Edmondson Pike Nashville, TN 37211 "Real men ride bicycles"=20 =================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 _____________________________________________________________