On 18 December, 32 field observers and 3 feeder watchers totaled 82 species on the Nashville CBC. We also had two Count Week species, 1 female Ruby-throated Hummingbird which had previously been banded, and 2 Pine Siskins. The total is in the normal range for this count. Some birds of interest included: 12 species of waterfowl, including 1 female Common Goldeneye at Radnor Lake, and 1 female Northern Shoveler on the Poplar Creek route. 2 adult Bald Eagles 84 Red-tailed Hawks - they were everywhere! 1 Merlin on Coley Davis Rd. - the first record for this count 2 Bonaparte's and 70 Ring-billed Gulls in Bell's Bend all three common owls 1 female Rufous Hummingbird that was previously banded 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches 13 Brown Creepers 2 Winter Wrens 55 American Pipits in Bell's Bend 1 Loggerhead Shrike on the Warner Park route 4330 European Starlings! 36 Yellow-rumped Warblers, our only warbler 9 sparrow species 24 Rusty Blackbirds 1 Brewer's Blackbird on the Poplar Creek route Thank you to all who participated. It was a beautiful day to be out counting birds. Jan Shaw, compiler Nashville, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================