I birded the area south of Walker Branch State Natural Area in Hardin County today (May 15, 2009). A map of the natural area can be found at http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/na/natareas/walker/walker.pdf. I birded the field surrounding Pittsburg Landing Road. Some birds seen/heard: 1. Lark sparrow- 1; heard only; this was the same area I saw two lark sparrows mating in 2008 2. Dickcissels- abundant 3. Grasshopper sparrows- abundant 4. Blue grosbeak- common 5. Bobolink- a group of about ten 6. Northern bobwhite Within the natural area I observed a great blue heron colony consisting of four nest. I saw young in three of the nest. After leaving, I took TN 64 west out of Savannah, TN. After crossing the TN River, I took a right onto Coffee Landing Road and then the first right off of this road to Bridgeview Estates. You will cross under the bridge which contains many cliff swallow nests. At the end of the dirt road (solid enough for cars) turn left. Within the field on the left I had: 1. Scissor-tailed flycatchers- three individuals- a male and female (told be the length of their tails) were seen together; a male was seen by itself. The pair seen near 35 degrees 13' 12.774" N -88 16' 50.154" W. 2. Dickcissels 3. Blue grosbeak 4. Northern bobwhite 5. Orchard orioles 6. Grasshopper sparrows and others Allan Trently ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx Jackson, Madison County, TN _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 =================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 _____________________________________________________________