Davidson, Willamson and Rutherford Counties Jan Shaw and I began this day birding at Radnor Lake St. Natural Area, in Davidson County. After a couple of quite hours, we decided to seek birds elsewhere. Elsewhere turned out to be the Del Rio Pike area of northern Willamson County. On Whitehall Rd., in Whitehall subdivison, we found a Grasshopped Sparrow singing atop a for sale sign. Nearby, a singing Willow Flycatcher was located on Old Charlotte Pike, just off of Hi-way 96. These are the same locations these birds have nested for several years. After lunch, the Rutherford County Sissor-tailed Flycatcher was our goal. We found two on Florence Rd. just east of I-24. They were gracefully flycatching from power lines north of the road. An interloper Red-tailed Hawk was set upon by one of these long tailed beauties and was driven off after being swooped on for a minute or more. Never seen that before. Gary Casey Kingston Springs, Tn. Talk and walk softly, carry a big scope. =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================