While walking on Island 40 Road located on a WMA adjacent to Shelby Forest State Park on October 26, I ran into a flock of kinglets that included warble. I had been looking for an Orange-Crowned, as this area is an excellent habitat . At first glance this possibility was ruled out, although the bird had a broken eye-ring, but the one on this bird was only below the eye and was white. The supercillium was also white as was the vent. The clincher was the small almost rectangular white patch at the base of the primaries. It was the first Black-throated Blue Warbler (female not immature) that I have ever seen in Shelby County. Black-throated Blues nest on our farm in Western Maryland, so I am quite familiar white all their plumages, but this sighting was very interesting for me as these warblers are unusual in West Tennessee. A pair was sight several years ago on October 27 according to the SC Seasonal Occurrences. Four Winter Wrens and a Hermit Thrush were also present plus all the possible Woodpeckers except a Hairy. Virginia Reynolds Memphis, N Shelby County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________