Today, upon invitation of the Carthage bird club, I spent a very pleasant morning birding in and around Cedars of Lebanon State Park in Wilson County. The following transients and returning summer residents were observed: 1 Cooper's Hawk (appeared to be migrating) 2 Chimney Swifts 2 Barn Swallows 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 1 Wood Thrush 3 Red-eyed Vireos 5 White-eyed Vireos 8 Yellow-throated Vireos 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Parula 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 8 Prairie Warblers 1 Summer Tanager Also of note: 46 Yellow-rumped Warblers 3 Wild Turkeys 1 Hermit Thrush (love that song!) 1 Purple Finch* *This was a female that appeared to be very sick. In fact, for about ten minutes we were walking around ten feet underneath it examining a tree with lots of pine beetle damage, when all of a sudden somebody looked up and there it was. The entire time, it barely moved, only occasionally turning its head slowly with its eyes closed or partly closed. There appeared to be some discoloration around the eyes, which makes me wonder if this bird had conjunctivitis? Chris Sloan chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx Nashville, TN =================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 =========================================================