I birded middle Tennessee (mostly Coffee, Rutherford, and Wilson Co) over = the last 3 days (Tues-Thurs) with group of birders in another TWRA bird ID = refresher course. =20 We refound the Bewick's Wren in Murfreesboro, but it was heard only. It = also didn't sing frequently. We relocated 2 pairs of scissor-tailed flycatchers in the 'boro, not = trying the pair on Florence Rd. We saw one of the Lark Sparrows that are = living by the Nashville superspeedway. The male was silent, but we saw = one bird walking around in the road. =20 We did find several Song Sparrows in Coffee Co and one in Murfreesboro. = Always a summer treat around here. Not many other surprises, just the usual suspects and no birds that we = knew for sure were migrants. Some other notes and picts posted: On May 21, I took some shots of very cooperative Henslow's Sparrows at = Bark Camp Barrens WMA starting here: http://www.pbase.com/shoeman/image/97830514 Picts of Lark Sparrows at the speedway from 21 May start here: http://www.pbase.com/shoeman/image/97830284 I found a loggerhead shrike family in the 'boro on Lytle Creek Rd (up the = access rd where I had 2 pair of scissor-taileds a couple weeks ago) on 21 = May and got a couple shots, start here: http://www.pbase.com/shoeman/image/97830290 Cheers, Scott State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 601-868-0101 (cell) 615-781-6654 (fax) "Keeping the rubber side down." -SGS =================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 __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________