3-29-09 Stones River Greenway Percy Priest Lake Davidson Co. NTOS members braved a cold, raw morning and were rewarded with some early spring migrants and an awesome show of gorgeous Common Loons. Along the beautiful Stones River Greenway we enjoyed our first of season Yellow-throated Warbler which was singing just a bit, and a silent Orange-crowned Warbler. There were also many Yellow-rumps making it a 3-warbler morning. Other highlights there included a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, a singing Brown Thrasher, an Osprey bringing in nesting material to a cell tower, and a large flock of Wild Turkeys with the Toms strutting their stuff. Just above the dam at Percy Priest Lake there was one Horned Grebe in pretty good breeding plumage, Northern Shovelers, Lesser Scaup, a raft of about 20 Red-breasted Mergansers, and a few Barn Swallows, but the Common Loons stole the show. There were about 60, with most of them in exquisite breeding plumage, and 40 of those in a pretty tight pod that came very close to the shoreline where we were standing. It was a real treat to see them so close and in calm waters. Canada goose blue-winged teal northern shoveler mallard lesser scaup red-breasted merganser wild turkey common loon pied-billed grebe horned grebe great blue heron black vulture turkey vulture osprey red-tailed hawk killdeer ring-billed gull rock pigeon belted kingfisher red-bellied woodpecker downy northern flicker phoebe blue jay crow barn swallow chickadee titmouse brown creeper Carolina wren golden-crowned kinglet ruby-crowned kinglet blue-gray gnatcatcher bluebird robin mockingbird brown thrasher starling cedar waxwing orange-crowned warbler yellow-rumped warbler yellow-throated warbler towhee field sparrow song sparrow swamp sparrow white-throated sparrow cardinal red-winged blackbird meadowlark cowbird goldfinch Jan Shaw Nashville, TN **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) =================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 __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________