May 1 - a morning neighborhood bird survey in my 'hood started slowly, and
yielded few warblers, but I got a first BLUE-HEADED VIREO for my
neighborhood, and my only one for the year. I think it's getting late for
those. Also had Pine Siskins yet again, after a day of absence.
Full checklist below:
1 Mourning Dove
3 Barred Owl
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
5 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Blue-headed Vireo
12 Blue Jay -- Yes, twelve blue jays. Not even remotely rare.
8 American Crow
10 Carolina Chickadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Carolina Wren
2 Swainson's Thrush
1 Wood Thrush
13 American Robin
4 Northern Mockingbird
5 European Starling
15 Cedar Waxwing
2 Tennessee Warbler
1 Palm Warbler (Western)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 White-throated Sparrow
2 Eastern Towhee
1 Summer Tanager
1 Scarlet Tanager
15 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
8 House Finch
8 Pine Siskin
13 American Goldfinch
Number of Taxa: 33
Graham Gerdeman
Nashville (Davidson County)
