I spent an hour and a half at Bell's Bend Park (Davidson Co.) yesterday morning with the primary objective of getting some good Henslow's Sparrow photos. Mission accomplished, see pictures here if interested: http://www.chrissloanphotography.com/Nature/Bells-Bend-Park/8005457_Wf8bw#839404100_RMh4X . The Henslow's were singing very actively and I do not think I have ever gotten eyes on a singing bird as quickly and easily as I did yesterday; it literally took a matter of seconds after I heard the first song. The only other interesting item of note was a couple of Blue-winged Warblers that were behaving as if on territory. I will keep tabs on them and see what develops. Location: Bell's Bend Park Observation date: 4/17/10 Number of species: 31 Wood Duck 8 Northern Bobwhite 2 Black Vulture 6 Turkey Vulture 2 Killdeer 3 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 3 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 Eastern Bluebird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Prairie Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 20 Henslow's Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 25 White-throated Sparrow 10 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Eastern Meadowlark 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 American Goldfinch 12 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) regards, Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://www.chrissloanphotography.com =================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 _____________________________________________________________