Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN 7/8/07 Nine Chattanooga area birders waded and hiked Standifer Gap Marsh. We saw and/or heard 53 species, listed at the end of this posting, including: Virginia Rail 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Marsh Wren 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Willow Flycatchers nested at the marsh in 2004 about 50 feet south and 20 feet west of the culvert in the gravel road, and again 2005 about 150 feet south and 200 feet west, near the edge of the water, both times about head height. The two today were a few feet south from the green dock, around the south end of the water, north along the water's edge to the last isolated willow and ash trees. Observers: Clyde Blum, Carol Fergarido, Jack and Vickie Leather, David and Gloria Patterson, Bill and Betty Wampler, Susan Schott Canada Goose 20 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 12 Least Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Virginia Rail 1 Mourning Dove 20 Great Horned Owl 1 Chimney Swift 10 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 5 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 6 Purple Martin 20 Tree Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 Barn Swallow 12 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 4 Carolina Wren 5 House Wren 2 Marsh Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 2 Northern Mockingbird 8 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 150 Pine Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 7 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Eastern Towhee 6 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 70 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 5 Orchard Oriole 4 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 2 David Patterson =================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 _____________________________________________________________