[TN-Bird] Memphis TOS field trip; Shelby Forest

From: PYRPYRFECT@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:57:07 EDT
The Memphis Chapter of TOS field trip to Shelby Forest State Park (nw Shelby 
County) was very well attended.  Observers were Dick Preston, David Brown, 
Rusty and Diane Johnson, Judy Dorsey, Clairice Cox, Kathy Holder, Carolyn 
Bullock, Rob Peeples, Virginia Reynolds, Van Harris, Kate Gooch, Kay Lait, 
Sylvia 
Worthen, Sue Ferguson.
Of especial interest were numerous orchard and Baltimore oriole males engaged 
in territorial combat with each other and in display for females.

OBSERVED:

double-crested cormorant - 20
great blue heron - 6
great egret - 1
Canada goose - 10
wood duck - 1
black vulture - 3
turkey vulture - 2
Mississippi kite - 15
sharp-shin hawk - 1
red-shoulderd hawk - 1
broad-winged hawk - 1
red-tailed hawk - 1
wild turkey - 4
mourning dove - 6
chimney swift - 12
ruby-throated hummingbird - 3
red-headed woodpecker - 15
red-bellied woodpecker - 9
downy woodpecker - 5
hairy woodpecker - 1
pileated woodpecker - 4
e wood-pewee - 2
Acadian flycatcher - 6
e phoebe - 3
great crested flycatcher - 12
e kingbird - 3
rough-winged swallow - 4
barn swallow - 25
fish crow - 10
regular crow - 1
Carolina chickadee - 8
tufted titmouse - 20
white-breasted nuthatch - 5
Carolina wren - 20
blue-gray gnatcatcher - 60
e bluebird - 12
veery - 1
gray-cheeked thrush - 2
Swainson thrush - 20
wood thrush - 6
robin - 1
gray catbird - 2
mockingbird - 3
cedar waxwing - 12
starling - 15
white-eyed vireo - 20
yellow-throated vireo - 6
warbling vireo - 3
red-eyed vireo - 20
golden-winged warbler - 1
Tennessee warbler - 35
Nashville warbler - 4
parula - 25
chestnut-sided warbler - 3
magnolia warbler - 1
yellow-rump warbler - 1
black-throated green warbler - 3
yellow-throated warbler - 1
bay-breasted warbler - 1
cerulean warbler - 6
black-and-white warbler - 2
redstart - 3
prothonotary warbler - 3
worm-eating warbler - 1
Swainson warbler - 1
Louisiana waterthrush - 2
Kentucky warbler - 20
hooded warbler - 6
summer tanager - 12
scarlet tanager - 5
cardinal - 20
rose-breasted grosbeak - 20
indigo bunting - 30
rufous-sided towhee - 2
chipping sparrow - 10
white-throated sparrow - 1
red-winged blackbird - 1
grackle - 20
brown-headed cowbird - 50
orchard oriole - 12
Baltimore oriole - 15
goldfinch - 12


The next chapter field trip will be to Wapanocca NWR, Turrell, AR, on 
Wednesday, May 5.  Meet at refuge HQ at 8 am.  Contact Van Harris 
(901-876-3337) or 
Dick Preston (901-837-3360).


Van Harris
Millington, TN


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