The Nashville CBC was held on Dec. 17 by 32 field observers and 2 feeder watchers, and totaled 82 species, right on average for us. There were also 3 Count Week birds, Wild Turkey at Warner Park, 3 adult Bald Eagles at Hidden Lakes, and an immature male Baltimore Oriole (2nd time for count) coming to a water dish in a Bellevue yard. Uncommon for the count were 4 Sandhill Cranes flying over Bell's Bend, 1 Merlin at Warner Park (2nd time for count), a first ever Mute Swan at Bell's Bend, and a first ever Eurasian Collared-Dove in West Meade Radnor Lake was a bonanza for waterfowl, with 622 individuals of 12 species, including 190 Gadwall and 7 Northern Pintail, a duck not often seen there. A Carolina Chickadee total of 460 was a high count ever for this CBC circle. Canada Goose, Gadwall, Great Blue Heron, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, and Hermit Thrush all had second highest counts ever. Thank you so much to all who participated. CANADA GOOSE 427 WOOD DUCK 7 AM. BLACK DUCK 33 MALLARD 272 N. PINTAIL 7 GADWALL 190 AM. WIGEON 33 CANVASBACK 31 RING-NECKED DUCK 147 LESSER SCAUP 7 BUFFLEHEAD 4 RUDDY DUCK 9 PIED-BILLED GREBE 4 GREAT BLUE HERON 23 BLACK VULTURE 204 TURKEY VULTURE 12 NO. HARRIER 2 SHARP-SH HAWK 4 COOPER'S HAWK 7 RED-SH. HAWK 4 RED-TAILED HAWK 28 AMERICAN KESTREL 21 MERLIN 1 AMERICAN COOT 6 SANDHILL CRANE 4 KILLDEER 51 RING-BILLED GULL 27 ROCK PIGEON 371 MOURNING DOVE 228 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE 1 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL 3 GREAT HORNED OWL 4 BARRED OWL 5 BELTED KINGFISHER 11 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 73 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER 22 DOWNY WOODPECKER 73 HAIRY WOODPECKER 12 NORTHERN FLICKER 22 PILEATED WOODPECKER 20 EASTERN PHOEBE 7 BLUE JAY 270 AMERICAN CROW 282 CAROLINA CHICKADEE 460 TUFTED TITMOUSE 241 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 46 BROWN CREEPER 5 CAROLINA WREN 204 WINTER WREN 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 18 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 16 EASTERN BLUEBIRD 225 HERMIT THRUSH 21 AMERICAN ROBIN 1907 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD 52 BROWN THRASHER 7 EUROPEAN STARLING 1324 AMERICAN PIPIT 3 CEDAR WAXWING 292 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 139 EASTERN TOWHEE 101 CHIPPING SPARROW 2 FIELD SPARROW 108 SAVANNAH SPARROW 6 FOX SPARROW 16 SONG SPARROW 149 SWAMP SPARROW 21 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 7 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 463 DARK-EYED JUNCO 96 NORTHERN CARDINAL 369 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD 168 EASTERN MEADOWLARK 57 RUSTY BLACKBIRD 2 COMMON GRACKLE 267 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD 30 PURPLE FINCH 11 HOUSE FINCH 95 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 223 HOUSE SPARROW 26 MUTE SWAN 1 TOTAL BIRDS 10150 TOTAL SPECIES 82 COUNT WEEK SPECIES: 3 Baltimore Oriole x Bald Eagle x Wild Turkey x Jan Shaw, compiler, with help from Jon Mann Nashville, TN Davidson Co. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________