4-21-07 Ellington Ag Center Davidson Co. Thirteen NTOS members enjoyed a beautiful morning birding at Ellington Ag Center. Highlights among the 48 species included great looks at Eastern Kingbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Green Warbler, both eastern and western Palm Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat. mallard 1 black vulture 1 turkey vulture 1 sharp-shinned and or Cooper's hawk 2 red-tailed hawk 1 on nest American kestrel 1 killdeer 1 chimney swift several red-bellied woodpecker 2 yellow-bellied sapsucker 2 downy woodpecker 2 eastern kingbird 1 barn swallow 3 blue jay several American crow 2 Carolina chickadee 5 tufted titmouse 4 Carolina wren 6 house wren 1 golden-crowned kinglet 1 ruby-crowned kinglet 1 blue-gray gnatcatcher 2 eastern bluebird 3 American robin several northern mockingbird 4 brown thrasher 2 cedar waxwing 13 European starling several blue-headed vireo 3 red-eyed vireo 2 yellow warbler 1 yellow-rumped warbler several black-throated green warbler 1 palm warbler 2 Kentucky warbler 1 - new for my Ellington list common yellowthroat 4 northern cardinal several eastern towhee several chipping sparrow many field sparrow 3 swamp sparrow 1 white-throated sparrow several red-winged blackbird 5 common grackle 1 brown-headed cowbird 4 house finch 2 American goldfinch several house sparrow 4 Jan Shaw Nashville, TN ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________