The Nashville Spring Count was held on Saturday, May 7, and totaled 158 species. This was much better than last year's 143, which was right after the flood. It helped to have a cool, clear morning and clouds in the afternoon to keep the temperature down. Thirty-two warbler species were seen, only missing Golden-winged, Orange-crowned, Black-throated Blue, Swainson's, and Connecticut. Some of the highlights included a late American Black Duck at Radnor Lake, 23 Northern Bobwhite in four areas,1 Snowy Egret at Old Hickory Lake, 3 Bald Eagles, 1 Semipalmated Plover in Rutherford Co., 1 Black-billed Cuckoo at Shelby Bottoms, 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in Rutherford Co., 1 Bank Swallow at Percy Priest Lake, 1 Sedge Wren in Cheatham Co., 1 Mourning Warbler at Radnor Lake, 10 Grasshopper Sparrows in Rutherford Co., 1 Lincoln's Sparrow at Bells Bend, 21 Dickcissels in two areas, 21 Bobolinks in three areas, and 1 Purple Finch at Radnor Lake. Thank you to all who helped with the count and to Scott Block who hosted the compilation and compiled the numbers. CANADA GOOSE - 190 WOOD DUCK - 52 AM. BLACK DUCK - 1 MALLARD - 103 BLUE-WINGED TEAL - 16 WILD TURKEY - 50 NORTHERN BOBWHITE - 23 COMMON LOON - 2 PIED-BILLED GREBE - 4 DBL-CR CORMORANT - 151 GREAT BLUE HERON - 166 GREAT EGRET - 14 SNOWY EGRET - 1 GREEN HERON - 12 BLK-CR NIGHT-HERON - 18 YEL-CR NIGHT-HERON - 7 BLACK VULTURE - 248 TURKEY VULTURE - 79 OSPREY - 5 BALD EAGLE - 3 COOPER'S HAWK - 5 ACCIPTER SP. - 2 RED-SH. HAWK - 4 BROAD-WG HAWK - 4 RED-TAILED HAWK - 20 AM KESTREL - 12 AM COOT - 1 SEMIPALM PLOVER - 1 KILLDEER - 47 SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 33 SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 18 LESS YELLOWLEGS - 7 LEAST SANDPIPER - 58 RING-BILLED GULL - 29 CASPIAN TERN - 1 FORSTER'S TERN - 17 ROCK PIGEON - 46 EUR COL-DOVE - 5 MOURNING DOVE - 170 YEL-BIL CUCKOO - 11 BLK-BIL CUCKOO - 1 E SCREECH-OWL - 2 GR HORNED OWL - 5 BARRED OWL - 20 COM NIGHTHAWK - 4 CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW - 2 WHIP-POOR-WILL - 2 CHIMNEY SWIFT - 116 RUBY-THR HUMMINGBIRD - 14 BELTED KINGFISHER - 7 RED-HD WOODPECKER - 4 RED-BEL WOODPECKER - 77 YEL-BEL SAPSUCKER - 2 DOWNY WOODPECKER - 35 HAIRY WOODPECKER - 2 NO FLICKER - 9 PILEATED WOODPECKER - 30 E WOOD-PEWEE - 61 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER - 21 LEAST FLYCATCHER - 1 E PHOEBE - 31 GR CREST FLYCATCHER - 47 E KINGBIRD - 84 SCISS-TAIL FLYCATCHER - 2 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE - 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO - 56 YEL-THR VIREO - 6 BLUE-HEADED VIREO - 1 WARBLING VIREO - 17 PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 2 RED-EYED VIREO - 119 BLUE JAY - 123 AM CROW - 97 PURPLE MARTIN - 58 TREE SWALLOW - 22 NO RGH-WG SWALLOW - 76 BANK SWALLOW - 1 CLIFF SWALLOW - 364 BARN SWALLOW - 151 CAROLINA CHICKADEE - 122 TUFTED TITMOUSE - 125 WH-BR NUTHATCH - 35 CAROLINA WREN - 98 HOUSE WREN - 3 SEDGE WREN - 1 RUBY-CR KINGLET - 3 BL-GR GNATCATCHER - 108 E BLUEBIRD - 162 VEERY - 7 GRAY-CH THRUSH - 12 SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 125 HERMIT THRUSH - 2 WOOD THRUSH - 31 AMERICAN ROBIN - 188 GRAY CATBIRD - 27 NO MOCKINGBIRD - 163 BROWN THRASHER - 31 EURO STARLING - 657 CEDAR WAXWING - 10 BLUE-WG WARBLER - 5 TENNESSEE WARBLER - 163 NASHVILLE WARBLER - 16 NORTHERN PARULA - 28 YELLOW WARBLER - 24 CHESTNUT-S WARBLER - 25 MAGNOLIA WARBLER - 13 CAPE MAY WARBLER - 4 YEL-RUMPED WARBLER - 37 BLK-THR GR WARBLER - 22 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 6 YEL-THR WARBLER - 10 PINE WARBLER - 5 PRAIRIE WARBLER - 44 PALM WARBLER - 11 BAY-BR WARBLER - 28 BLACKPOLL WARBLER - 42 CERULEAN WARBLER - 2 BLK-N-WH WARBLER - 7 AM REDSTART - 12 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - 11 WORM-EATING WARBLER - 22 OVENBIRD - 22 NO WATERTHRUSH - 21 LA WATERTHRUSH - 8 KENTUCKY WARBLER - 21 MOURNING WARBLER - 1 COM YELLOWTHROAT - 93 HOODED WARBLER - 19 WILSON'S WARBLER - 3 CANADA WARBLER - 5 YELLOW-BR CHAT - 62 SUMMER TANAGER - 89 SCARLET TANAGER - 38 EASTERN TOWHEE - 105 CHIPPING SPARROW - 31 FIELD SPARROW - 147 SAVANNAH SPARROW - 7 GRASSHOPPER SP - 10 SONG SPARROW - 24 LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 1 SWAMP SPARROW - 1 WHITE-THR SPARROW - 7 WHITE-CR SPARROW - 15 NO CARDINAL - 332 ROSE-BR GROSBEAK - 31 BLUE GROSBEAK - 23 INDIGO BUNTING - 259 DICKCISSEL - 21 BOBOLINK - 21 RED-WG BLACKBIRD - 195 E MEADOWLARK - 84 COM GRACKLE - 130 BRN-HEAD COWBIRD - 115 ORCHARD ORIOLE - 41 BALTIMORE ORIOLE - 13 PURPLE FINCH - 1 HOUSE FINCH - 35 AM GOLDFINCH - 94 HOUSE SPARROW - 96 TOTAL BIRDS - 7977 TOTAL SPECIES - 158 Jan Shaw and Scott Block, compilers Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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