Having been in the Nashville area for just over a year now, I finally = found my first Eurasian Collared Doves. I wasn't trying very hard to find = them, but never incidentally found any until this week. I've seen a pair = in northern Rutherford county near Old Nashville Highway and ~2mi south of = Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna. I know they are infrequently seen around = the Nashville area and was sort of surprised to see a pair. They are = hanging out by a construction site and a couple old falling apart homes. = Perfect spot for them. I told my wife about them and she said she's seen them there for a while. = Humph. Cheers, Scott State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 601-868-0101 (cell) 615-781-6654 (fax) Shipping addresses for packages: UPS: TWRA 440 Hogan Rd Nashville, TN 37220 =20 FedEx: TWRA 5107 Edmondson Pike Nashville, TN 37211 "Keeping the rubber side down." -SGS=20 =================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 _____________________________________________________________