Got off the homestead this morning a bit, 4 hours on the backroads and a section of the Natchez Trace in the northwestern part of Lewis County. Total of 76 species, with nothing rare and no migrants. As a sample of early summer in these parts, here's the full list. All 14 warbler species are likely local nesters: Wild Turkey 4 Northern Bobwhite 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Black Vulture 2 Turkey Vulture 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Chimney Swift 11 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee 12 Acadian Flycatcher 15 Eastern Phoebe 10 Great Crested Flycatcher 7 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 13 Yellow-throated Vireo 8 Red-eyed Vireo 19 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 21 Purple Martin 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Cliff Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 8 Carolina Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 22 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Carolina Wren 30 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26 Eastern Bluebird 6 Wood Thrush 9 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 9 European Starling 8 Cedar Waxwing 1 Blue-winged Warbler 5 Northern Parula 17 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 6 Prairie Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Worm-eating Warbler 9 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Kentucky Warbler 9 Common Yellowthroat 12 Hooded Warbler 6 Yellow-breasted Chat 12 Summer Tanager 18 Scarlet Tanager 12 Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 6 Field Sparrow 13 Northern Cardinal 38 Blue Grosbeak 4 Indigo Bunting 40 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Eastern Meadowlark 11 Common Grackle 18 Brown-headed Cowbird 13 Orchard Oriole 5 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 12 House Sparrow 2 Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________