9-20-08 Shelby Park and Phase 3 of the Bottoms Davidson Co. Fifteen birders turned out for our annual Fall Flock field trip to Shelby Park and Bottoms this morning and tallied 49 species. We enjoyed wonderful weather and some great birds, but a fewer than expected number of warblers for this time of year. An abundance of Gray Catbirds and Brown Thrashers, and a first of season Ruby-crowned Kinglet made up for the deficit of warblers. In Phase 3 of the Bottoms we walked to and over the new, impressive pedestrian bridge over the Cumberland River and found Pectoral and Least sandpipers and Killdeer at the new shorebird pond next to the bridge. Canada goose 41 mallard great blue heron 5 Cooper's hawk 4 killdeer 5 least sandpiper 2 pectoral sandpiper 1 rock pigeon 30 mourning dove 15 chimney swift 10 ruby-throated hummingbird 3 belted kingfisher 3 downy woodpecker 1 pileated woodpecker 1 eastern wood-pewee 4 eastern phoebe 3 white-eyed vireo 6 yellow-throated vireo 1 blue jay 11 American crow 9 tree swallow 1 swallow sp. 8 too far away Carolina chickadee 10 tufted titmouse 1 Carolina wren 5 house wren 1 ruby-crowned kinglet 1 blue-gray gnatcatcher 2 eastern bluebird 6 Swainson's thrush 1 American robin 10 gray catbird 4 northern mockingbird 4 brown thrasher 10 European starling 112 cedar waxwing 15 blue-winged warbler 1 magnolia 6 American redstart 1 ovenbird 1 common yellowthroat 3 yellow-breasted chat 1 summer tanager 1 eastern towhee 4 field sparrow 6 northern cardinal 6 indigo bunting 9 common grackle 1 house finch 8 American goldfinch 6 Jan Shaw Nashville, TN **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________