I was out at Bell's Bend this afternoon with Michael Bierly and we were = pleased to find a large flock of 70-75 American Pipits in soybean stubble. = =20 They were mostly split off into smaller groups of up to 10 birds each = until we flushed them all at once, at which time they formed a single = large flock. Bell's Bend lies just west of Nashville, in Davidson County, on the = Cumberland River. We were on Old Hickory Blvd., on the parkland owned by = Nashville Metro Parks, in the bean stubble just past the last city = property sign. =20 Other birds seen on the property included: Killdeer Eastern Bluebird Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Eastern Meadowlark European Starling American Crow Northern Mockingbird Troy Ettel Nashville =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================