I know this is late but Saturday afternoon June 24, 2006 from 4:30 until 7:30 PM, thirty members and guest of the Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society had a birding field day at The Honors Golf Course in Ooltewah. Thankfully we had some experienced birders with good ears since the weather was less than ideal. A total of 52 species were seen and/or heard. Bird species included: Mallard Great Blue Herron Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk (with Purple Martins in hot pursuit) Red-tailed Hawk (total of 3 - 2 immatures with an adult) Killdeer Morning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairywoodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue Jay American Crow Purple Martin (2 large colonies) Tree Swallow - 2 (many have already left) Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren (one sitting on eggs + another box with 2 eggs) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (several heard late but none seen) Eastern Bluebird Wood Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Pine Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch (many eating on natural vegetation) House Sparrow With the light showers and threat of heavier rain, we had to skim over some areas quickly. Because of this we missed some birds that I have been seeing or hearing here every day including: Green Herron, Wild Turkey, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Pileated Woodpecker & Cedar Waxwings. David Stone Ooltewah, Tn. Hamilton 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 __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________