Wednesday, Sept 18, the Memphis Chapter held the first of its regular weekday fall field trips to Shelby Forest state park. Eleven observers. Warm and cloudy. COUNT little blue heron - 1 green heron - 3 red-shouldered hawk - 2 black-billed cuckoo - 1 yellow-billed cuckoo - 3 chimney swift - 15 ruby-throated hummingbird - 30 belted kingfisher - 1 red-headed woodpecker - 12 red-bellied woodpecker - 18 downy woodpecker - 7 pileated woodpecker - 4 olive-sided flycatcher - 1 e wood-pewee - 10 Acadian flycatcher - 9 least flycatcher - 1 tree swallow - 4 rough-winged swallow - 8 blue jay - 1 (!) crow - 12 Carolina chickadee - 12 tufted titmouse - 19 white-breasted nuthatch - 11 Carolina wren - 13 e bluebird - 8 Swainson thrush - 4 wood thrush - 1 robin - 12 mockingbird - 2 brown thrasher - 1 starling - 18 white-eyed vireo - 22 blue-headed vireo - 1 yellow-throated vireo - 3 red-eyed vireo - 14 blue-winged warbler - 4 golden-winged warbler - 2 Tennessee warbler - 10 parula - 20 chestnut-sided warbler - 11 magnolia warbler - 16 black-throated green warbler - 4 bay-breasted warbler - 2 black-and-white warbler - 1 redstart - 7 Kentucky warbler - 1 summer tanager - 12 cardinal - 15 rose-breasted grosbeak - 2 indigo bunting - 12 e towhee - 1 grackle - 10 brown-headed cowbird - 8 Baltimore oriole - 1 Am goldfinch - 5 Van Harris Millington, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================