May 9, 2011, 8 AM to 11:30 Standifer Gap Marsh, Hamilton County David Patterson The marsh is drying rapidly; in another year or two we may start calling it "Standifer Gap Prairie"\ Common Moorhen: same location where a number of observers have seen it over the last few days. Willow Flycatcher: West end of gravel road. We have had 1 nest one year, and 2 nests one year (predator took first set of young) Unable to call up Virginia Rail or Sora. No sign of Least Bittern. Canada Goose 4 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Common Moorhen 1 Killdeer 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Purple Martin 2 Carolina Wren 2 Winter Wren 1 American Robin 5 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 5 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 9 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Orchard Oriole 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________