May 17, 2009 Shelby Park/Bottoms Nashville, Davidson Co 1 Connecticut and 2 Mourning Warblers were seen in phase 1 of Shelby Bottoms this morning. All three birds were seen just past the river overlook platform. A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was heard, and then seen on Mission Hill in Shelby Park. Complete list below: Location: Shelby Park & Bottoms, Nashville Observation date: 5/17/09 Number of species: 47 Snow Goose 1 injured bird Canada Goose 6 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 5 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 heard/seen Mission Hill Shelby Park Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 5 Purple Martin 2 Tree Swallow 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 5 Carolina Wren 11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14 Eastern Bluebird 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 American Robin 9 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 72 Cedar Waxwing 97 Magnolia Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Cerulean Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Connecticut Warbler 1 phase 1 Shelby Bottoms Mourning Warbler 2 phase 1 Shelby Bottoms Common Yellowthroat 4 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Summer Tanager 1 Eastern Towhee 11 Northern Cardinal 21 Indigo Bunting 14 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 American Goldfinch 1 Phillip Casteel Madison, TN Dude, run! - Brian Harnois =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________