The Memphis chapter, TOS, held its weekly Spring field trip to Shelby ForestState Park today. The weather was perfect; partly cloudy, 50-70 F, light winds. Observers were Dick Preston, Van Harris, Susan Railey, Gaye Rhodes, Sue Williams, Lillian Durand, Kay Lait, Kate Gooch, Sue Ferguson, Karen Randolph, John Randolph, Judy Dorsey, Virginia Reynolds, Carolyn Bullock, Barbara Pyles and Betty Blaylock. Observed: Canada Goose - 5 Great Blue Heron - 4 Great Egret - 2 Turkey Vulture - 1 Mississippi Kite - 6 Red-shouldered hawk - 1 Broad-winged Hawk - 1 Mourning Dove - 1 Chimney Swift- 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Red-heaed Woodpecker - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 30 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Pileated Woodpecker - 4 E Wood-pewee - 5Acadian Flycatcher - 3 E Phoebe - 7 Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 E Kingbird - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 64 Warbling Vireo - 12 Red-eyed Vireo - 6 Am Crow - 2 Fish Crow - 1 N Rough-winged Swallow - 1 Barn Swallow - 35 Carolina Chickadee- 12 Tufted Titmouse - 13 White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 Carolina Wren - 40 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 48 E Bluebird - 8 Swainson's Thrush - 12 Wood Thrush - 8 Eur Starling - 12 Cedar Waxwing - 5 Golden-winged Warbler - 2 Tennessee Warbler - 50 N Parula - 48 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 Black-&-white Warbler - 1 Am Redstart - 3 Prothonotary Warbler - 2 Ovenbird - 2 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 Kentucky Warbler - 12 Hooded Warbler - 12 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 Chipping Sparrow - 7 White-throated Sparrow - 30 Summer Tanager - 10 N Cardinal - 10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 6 Indigo Bunting - 24 Com Grackle - 12 Brown-headed Cowbird - 36 Orchard Oriole - 2 Baltimore Oriole - 15 Am Goldfinch - 8 Van Harris Millington, 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 _____________________________________________________________