Long Hunter State Park Hermitage-Davidson Co. TN 25 April 2011 . I took a hike around the 2-mile paved Couchville Lake LoopTrail at Long Hunter State Park this morning. I was overwhelmed at the number of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS. Along this lake-side trail I counted 10. Standing along the wooden bridge at the north end of the Lake I could even see flashes of yellow in the trees at lake's edge. In two cases on my walk there appeared to be two males and one female in close proximity; perhaps things aren't settled yet. Afterwards, I took a hike on a portion of the Volunteer Trail, which is on the other side of Hobson Pike. Below is my list from both trails: Number of species: 42 Canada Goose 1 Wild Turkey 5 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 1 Chimney Swift 3 Downy Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Red-eyed Vireo 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Purple Martin 10 Barn Swallow 4 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 8 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Nashville Warbler 2 Northern Parula 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 Prothonotary Warbler 10 Kentucky Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 4 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 American Goldfinch 7 Kevin Bowden Nashville, 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________