Below is an eBird list of species observed and numbers counted in western Putnam County this morning (20 May 2010); the total for Cerulean Warbler is the highest in the seven years that I have counted birds along exactly the same 82-km-long route on either 19 or 20 May of each year since 2004. Numbers for several other species, including American Redstart, are also highest in 7 years; the total for Red-eyed Vireo merely tied the highest previous total. All told--1899 birds counted in 6.75 hours (= 1 bird counted every 13 seconds). Steve Stedman Cookeville, TN Location: Western Putnam Co., TN Observation date: 5/20/10 Notes: These data were taken along an 82-km long driving route in western Putnam County; this survey is designed to sample much habitat where Cerulean Warblers occur and has been conducted since 2004. The Alder Flycatcher was heard only along the upper part of McBroom Branch Rd. Number of species: 75 Wild Turkey 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 18 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Chimney Swift 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 13 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Eastern Wood-Pewee 40 Acadian Flycatcher 104 Alder Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 14 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 3 White-eyed Vireo 67 Yellow-throated Vireo 20 Red-eyed Vireo 281 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 35 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 35 Barn Swallow 8 Carolina Chickadee 17 Tufted Titmouse 54 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 76 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 67 Eastern Bluebird 14 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 27 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 5 Brown Thrasher 4 European Starling 8 Cedar Waxwing 14 Blue-winged Warbler 17 Northern Parula 63 Yellow Warbler 9 Yellow-throated Warbler 9 Prairie Warbler 43 Cerulean Warbler 53 Black-and-white Warbler 6 American Redstart 72 Worm-eating Warbler 10 Ovenbird 7 Louisiana Waterthrush 13 Kentucky Warbler 40 Common Yellowthroat 60 Hooded Warbler 40 Yellow-breasted Chat 31 Summer Tanager 27 Scarlet Tanager 12 Eastern Towhee 71 Chipping Sparrow 18 Field Sparrow 36 Song Sparrow 11 Northern Cardinal 78 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Blue Grosbeak 7 Indigo Bunting 136 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 16 Orchard Oriole 15 American Goldfinch 10 House Sparrow 1 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________