The Memphis Chapter of TOS held a field trip to Shelby Forest State Park (Shelby Cty) today. Clear and pleasant. Observers: Virginia Reynolds, Carolyn Bullock, Karen Forbes, Judy Dorsey, Barbara Wilson, Don Preston, Dick Preston, Sue Ferguson, Van Harris, Rob Peeples, David Brown, Rusty Johnson, Dianna Johnson. OBSERVED: great blue heron - 2 little blue heron - 2 wood duck - 2 Canada goose - 1 red-shouldered hawk - 2 Mississippi kite - 6 turkey vulture - 2 wild turkey - 4 killdeer - 1 solitary sandpiper - 1 mourning dove - 3 barred owl - 1 ruby-throated hummingbird - 8 chimney swift - 9 downy woodpecker - 8 hairy woodpecker - 4 pileated woodpecker - 2 red-bellied woodpecker - 10 red-headed woodpecker - 6 Acadian flycatcher - 10 great crested flycatcher - 12 e kingbird - 1 e phoebe - 2 e wood-pewee - 3 purple martin - 1 barn swallow - 13 crow - 12 fish crow - 1 Carolina chickadee - 4 tufted titmouse - 12 white-breasted nuthatch - 4 Carolina wren - 20 blue-gray gnatcatcher - 35 e bluebird - 10 gray-cheeked thrush - 1 Swainson thrush - 15 wood thrush - 10 gray catbird - 3 mockingbird - 1 brown thrasher - 1 starling - 8 cedar waxwing - 25 red-eyed vireo - 15 warbling vireo - 1 white-eyed vireo - 30 yellow-throated vireo - 2 yellow-breasted chat - 1 ovenbird - 1 parula - 30 redstart - 20 black-and-white warbler - 1 black-throated green warbler - 2 blackpoll warbler - 5 cerulean warbler - 15 chestnut-sided warbler - 1 hooded warbler - 12 Kentucky warbler - 25 magnolia warbler - 2 Nashville warbler - 1 prothonotary warbler - 10 Tennessee warbler - 40 yellow warbler - 1 yellow-rumped warbler - 1 Louisiana waterthrush - 3 yellowthroat - 3 scarlet tanager - 2 summer tanager - 28 indigo bunting - 50 cardinal - 16 blue grosbeak - 1 rose-breasted grosbeak - 15 chipping sparrow - 12 e towhee - 1 red-winged blackbird - 1 brown-headed cowbird - 40 grackle - 12 Baltimore oriole - 7 orchard oriole - 3 goldfinch - 15 Van Harris Millington, TN =================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 =========================================================