On Monday, May 22, I took my grandson to Long Hunter State Park's Couchville Lake, off Hobson Pike Near Mt. Juliet, TN, Southeastern Davidson County. This area has had Large Numbers of Prothonotary Warblers and I was not disappointed. I could hear them singing everywhere and got some excellent photos from only 3 feet away from one. It kept following me around almost as though it wanted its picture taken all the time approaching within about 3 feet of me. There were numerous Summer Tanagers, Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, and Red-Eyed Vireos in evidence. I observed one female; Summer Tanager calling with a mouth full of nesting materials. Here is the list of all the birds seen that day: American Crow 5 Barn Swallow 20 Black Vulture 1 Blue Jay 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Carolina Chickadee 30 Carolina Wren 5 Common Grackle 5 Downy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 European Starling 10 House Finch 5 Indigo Bunting 6 Northern Cardinal 5 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Calling Near Percy Priest Lake Prothonotary Warbler 3 Purple Martin 40-50 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Red-eyed Vireo 5-6 Singing Summer Tanager 5- One female carrying nesting material and calling Tufted Titmouse 20 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 or 6 calling Number of Species: 22 This park definitely needs more attention payed to it by the birding community. Nat Winston III Hermitage, TN Davidson County thornius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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 _____________________________________________________________