Birders, This was a grand day to celebrate the first day of Spring! Eight birders from NTOS walked through Shelby Bottoms ( including the shore bird pond on the backside of Shelby). Birds were scarce at first but as the morning warmed up more birds were seen. A total of 44 species were observed. Tree Swallows and Northern Flickers were abundant! Observed: Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Blue-winged Teal N. Shovler Great Blue Heron Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Woodpecker Downy N. Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Am. Robin N. Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow N. Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Am. Goldfinch Linda Kelly & Kevin Bowden Field Trip Coordinators NTOS Nashville, TN Davidson CO =================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 _____________________________________________________________