Terry, Is this the area where you have reported Yellow-crowned Night-herons breeding? --Dev Joslin Oak Ridge, TN BEAMERWITT@xxxxxxx wrote: > An excellent wetland birding site has opened this year virtually in downtown > Murfreesboro! In 1986, Billie Little with the help of her husband Joe, a > local pediatrician, managed to open The Children's Discovery House, a hands on > museum, in a old house, one block off the town square. Several years ago, > they > started expansion into a new site on SE Broad St that was occupied by the old > Coca Cola bottling plant. Behind the plant was an extensive wetland that > originated with the water flowing out of Murfree Spring. The museum is now > open in > a beautiful new building, and a nature area in the back includes a wonderful > boardwalk and paved trail complex that was dedicated this May. The area > encompasses 20 acres, and will undoubtedly attract a large variety of migrant > and > breeding birds as well. In the center of the marsh, the WGNS radio station > antenna soars several hundred feet into the air. Seen this morning were a > Marsh > Wren and a Lincoln's Sparrow, both uncommon in this area. Access is limited to > daylight hours only, any donations to the museum would be welcome! The area > is a few blocks past the junction of US 231 (Church St) and US41 (SE Broad) > heading SE toward Manchester. > > Terry Witt > Murfreesboro Tn 37130 > > =================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 > ========================================================= =================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 =========================================================