[TN-Bird] Shelby Forest birds

  • From: Kings4birds@xxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:21:07 EDT

On a drive through Shelby Forest State Park today, Tuesday May 16, I  saw
Mississippi Kite
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Peewee
Acadian Flycatcher 
Empidonax sp.
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnarcatcher
Swainson's thrush  6
Wood Thrush  4+
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Tennessee Warbler  5-6
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Cerulean Warbler 1-singing too
Black-and-white Warbler  4
American Redstart  4
Hooded Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler  3
Summer Tanager  10-12
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting  a pair
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole  3
House Sparrow
 
Also I heard but was unable to locate an Eastern Screech Owl. 
 
In my yard at 5595 Ashley Sq. N., near Yates and Shady Grove in Memphis, I  
saw an American Redstart, Cedar Waxwings, and  Chimney Swifts on my way out  
this morning. On the way to Shelby Forest I saw Red-Tailed Hawks, Great Egrets, 
 
a Great Blue Heron, and a Green Heron squawked, in the flooded area near 
Watkins  and Hwy 51. 
 
Gail King
5595 Ashley Sq. N. 
Memphis, TN
 
 
 

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