8/12/2014 Old Hickory Dam, Nashville, TN Traveling Birded Old Hickory Dam area this morning hoping the cold fronts might have brought in some Terns. No luck. Best birds of the morning were approx. 2500 Purple Martins in two flocks. One on the wires at the Dam(1200) the other on the Transmission lines(1300) just down river from the Dam near the boat ramp. There was also and Osprey feeding on its morning catch on one of the lights on the Dam. August 8, 2014 at Fate Sanders Marina in Smyrna, TN on J Percy Priest Lake I had 350 Purple Martins on the Wires there along with some Barn Swallows and 1 Cliff Swallow. Good Birding Stephen Zipperer Rutherford County, TN