The Nashville Spring Bird Count was held on May 10 and totaled 145 species, eleven fewer than last year, and lower than normal. For several days leading up to the count, there were warm, sunny days with south winds, contributing to fewer transient migrants in our area. After a little rain in the morning, the day turned pleasant. Some of the highlights included 28 Northern Bobwhites, 3 Common Loons, 7 Great Egrets, 2 Osprey, 1 Caspian Tern, 6 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 1 Alder Flycatcher, 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, 1 American Pipit, 31 warbler species, 24 Savannah Sparrows, 7 Grasshopper Sparrows, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, 24 Dickcissels, and 7 Bobolinks. Thanks so much to all who participated, and to my co-compiler Scott Block. Scott has prepared a spreadsheet with species seen on each route which you can access at http://ntosfield.blogspot.com/p/bird-count-results.html. Jan Shaw co-compiler Canada Goose - 158 Wood Duck - 14 Mallard - 165 Northern Bobwhite - 28 Wild Turkey - 71 Common Loon - 3 Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Double-crested Cormorant - 81 Great Blue Heron - 127 Great Egret - 7 Green Heron - 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Black Vulture - 158 Turkey Vulture - 57 Osprey - 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 5 Accipiter Species - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 Broad-winged Hawk - 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 31 American Coot - 5 Killdeer - 12 Spotted Sandpiper - 8 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 4 Least Sandpiper - 6 Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 24 Caspian Tern - 1 Rock Pigeon - 65 Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2 Mourning Dove - 108 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 18 Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 Great Horned Owl - 4 Barred Owl - 5 Common Nighthawk - 3 Chuck-will's-widow - 19 Whip-poor-will - 6 Chimney Swift - 121 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 25 Belted Kingfisher - 7 Red-headed Woodpecker - 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 66 Downy Woodpecker - 36 Hairy Woodpecker - 6 Northern Flicker - 4 Pileated Woodpecker - 19 American Kestrel - 8 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 49 Acadian Flycatcher - 17 Alder Flycatcher - 1 Willow Flycatcher - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 36 Great Crested Flycatcher - 48 Eastern Kingbird - 65 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 2 Empid Species - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 58 Yellow-throated Vireo - 13 Warbling Vireo - 17 Philadelphia Vireo - 12 Red-eyed Vireo - 110 Blue Jay - 100 American Crow - 69 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 94 Purple Martin - 27 Tree Swallow - 30 Barn Swallow - 136 Cliff Swallow - 140 Carolina Chickadee - 101 Tufted Titmouse - 129 White-breasted Nuthatch - 51 House Wren - 4 Carolina Wren - 117 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 103 Eastern Bluebird - 88 Veery - 12 Gray-cheeked Thrush - 12 Swainson's Thrush - 113 Wood Thrush - 39 American Robin - 135 Gray Catbird - 7 Northern Mockingbird - 78 Brown Thrasher - 27 European Starling - 328 American Pipit - 1 Cedar Waxwing - 131 Ovenbird - 15 Worm-eating Warbler - 21 Louisiana Waterthrush - 13 Northern Waterthrush - 2 Blue-winged Warbler - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 8 Prothonotary Warbler - 19 Tennessee Warbler - 97 Nashville Warbler - 1 Mourning Warbler - 1 Kentucky Warbler - 33 Common Yellowthroat - 90 Hooded Warbler - 9 American Redstart - 13 Cape May Warbler - 6 Northern Parula - 23 Magnolia Warbler - 32 Bay-breasted Warbler - 10 Blackburnian Warbler - 11 Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 22 Blackpoll Warbler - 41 Palm Warbler - 18 Pine Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7 Yellow-throated Warbler - 10 Prairie Warbler - 51 Black-throated Green Warbler - 12 Canada Warbler - 8 Wilson's Warbler - 3 Yellow-breasted Chat - 52 Eastern Towhee - 105 Chipping Sparrow - 32 Field Sparrow - 137 Savannah Sparrow - 24 Grasshopper Sparrow - 7 Song Sparrow - 15 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 6 White-crowned Sparrow - 2 Summer Tanager - 76 Scarlet Tanager - 27 Northern Cardinal - 311 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 15 Blue Grosbeak - 20 Indigo Bunting - 194 Dickcissel - 24 Bobolink - 7 Red-winged Blackbird - 149 Eastern Meadowlark - 50 Common Grackle - 132 Brown-headed Cowbird - 96 Orchard Oriole - 38 Baltimore Oriole - 5 House Finch - 44 American Goldfinch - 121 House Sparrow - 26