I finally finished compiling the results for the National Migration Count for Hamilton County held on May 10. 141 species were found by 27 participants (a great number) on a nice weather day. Highlights included: 32 species of warblers: - 1 Connecticut and one Mourning at Greenway Farms - 1 Mourning and one Black-throated Blue at Cravens House Brainard Levee: - 1 Peregrine made a pass at the shorebirds, only second I have ever seen at the levee - 1 Bank Swallow - 6 Bobolinks - 1 Marsh Wren Standifer Gap Marsh - 6 Long-billed Dowitchers (10 species of shorebirds for the count) - 1 Gadwall - 6 Blue-winged teal Rest of County: - 1 Northern Harrier - 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher at Cravens - 39 Forster's Terns on the Tennessee River Low lights - no Yellow-billed Cuckoo - no egrets and Herons besides Great Blue and Green (saw three Yellow-crowned Night Herons the next week) - no Least Bitterns or Virginia Rails at Standifer Gap, the cattails were high and dry Once again I want to thank all of the participants for a great count!! Kevin Calhoon Count Compiler Chattanooga, 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________