My first-ever springtime Orange-crowned Warbler at our place in western Lewis County appeared in the orchard this morning (14 Apr 2011). This was one of eight warbler species this morning (a total of 11 species so far this year), including a first-of-spring Yellow Warbler. Some of my recent first arrival dates for this year at this same location: Blue-winged Teal: 9 Apr Green Heron: 12 Apr Broad-winged Hawk : 7 Apr E. Whip-poor-will: 10 Apr Chimney Swift: 8 Apr Great Crested Flycatcher: 12 Apr Eastern Kingbird: 9 Apr White-eyed Vireo: 4 Apr Yellow-throated Vireo: 5 Apr Red-eyed Vireo: 12 Apr Barn Swallow: 7 Apr Blue-winged Warbler: 7 Apr Northern Parula: 5 Apr Yellow-throated Warbler: 6 Apr Prairie Warbler: 8 Apr Louisiana Waterthrush: 10 Apr Common Yellowthroat: 9 Apr Scarlet Tanager: 9 Apr Indigo Bunting: 12 Apr Orchard Oriole: 10 Apr Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________