We had cold but sunny weather December 20 for our Nashville area Christmas Count, and totaled 82 species. Some highlights included: Gadwall 148 (large number) Bald Eagle 1 adult Wild Turkey 26 Northern Bobwhite 8 Common Snipe 1 Hummingbird species (as yet unidentified) all the woodpeckers Horned Lark 14 House Wren 1 Winter Wren 3 Brown Thrasher 3 American Pipit 95 Yellow-rumped Warbler 113 (the only warbler) Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Lapland Longspur 2 Rusty Blackbird 1 Brewer's Blackbird 18 Purple Finch 10 Pine Siskin 1 Thank you to all who participated. If anybody would like to take part in the January 1 Hickory/Priest lake count, please contact Chris Sloan. Jan Shaw 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================