Six birders gathered for the NTOS field trip to Percy Priest Lake. We had a bit of a foggy start at Percy Priest dam, then went clockwise around the lake. Best birds were a mixed flock of 25 Redheads and 50 Lesser Scaup plus an adult Bald Eagle seen from Anderson Rd Public Use Area. Seven Red-breasted Mergansers were seen at Hamilton Creek Park. A list of species found is below: 43 species Northern Shoveler-20 Green-winged Teal-8 Redhead-25 Lesser Scaup-50 Bufflehead-3 Common Goldeneye-4 Hooded Merganser-15 Red-breasted Merganser-7 Ruddy Duck-2 Common Loon-19 Pied-billed Grebe-4 Horned Grebe-8 Great Blue Heron-3 Black Vulture-30 Bald Eagle-1 Cooper's Hawk-1 Red-tailed Hawk-1 American Coot-78 Killdeer-9 Bonaparte's Gull-109 Ring-billed Gull-86 Herring Gull-2 Mourning Dove-2 Red-bellied Woodpecker-3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1 Northern Flicker-2 Blue Jay-22 American Crow-17 Carolina Chickadee-15 Tufted Titmouse-2 Carolina Wren-2 Golden-crowned Kinglet-5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet-1 Eastern Bluebird-31 American Robin-19 Northern Mockingbird-1 European Starling-140 Cedar Waxwing-6 Yellow-rumped Warbler-10 Song Sparrow-3 Dark-eyed Junco-11 Northern Cardinal-1 American Goldfinch-2 Chloe Walker NTOS Field Trip Coordinator Murfreesboro, TN www.betterbirdhabitats.blogspot.com