The Memphis chapter, TOS, field trip to Shelby Forest State Park (nw Sheklby County) this morning produced more mosquitos than birds. Cloudy, muggy. Observers: David Brown, Carolyn Bullock, Judy Dorsey, Van Harris, Dick Preston, Rob Peeples. Observed: great blue heron - 2 green heron - 1 Canada goose - 10 Mississippi kite - 3 red-shouldered hawk - 2 wild turkey - 1 mourning dove - 1 yellow-billed cuckoo - 3 barred owl - 1 chimney swift - 6 ruby-throated hummingbird - 4 red-headed woodpecker - 4 red-bellied woodpecker - 10 downy woodpecker - 3 hairy woodpecker - 1 flicker - 1 pileated woodpecker - 5 e wood-pewee - 20 Acadian flycatcher - 20 e phoebe - 1 great crested flycatcher - 8 e kingbird - 2 purple martin - 4 barn swallow - 20 blue jay - 2 fish crow - 8 regular crow - 2 Carolina chickadee - 6 tufted titmouse - 20 white-breasted nuthatch - 6 Carolina wren - 15 blue-gray gnatcatcher - 15 e bluebird - 10 wood thrush - 7 gray catbird - 1 starling - x white-eyed vireo - 15 yellow-throated vireo - 5 red-eyed vireo - 15 Tennessee warbler - 25 chestnut-sided warbler - 2 magnolia warbler - 2 Blackburnian warbler - 1 yellow-throated warbler - 2 blackpoll warbler - 2 cerulean warbler - 12 black-and-white warbler - 1 redstart - 20 prothonotayr warbler - 10 worm-eating warbler - 1 Louisiana waterthrush 3 Kentucky warbler - 12 hooded warbler - 15 summer tanager - 20 scarlet tanager - 1 cardinal - 12 rose-breasted grosbeak - 1 indigo bu8nting - 40 rufous-sided towhee - 1 chipping sparrow - 1 grackle - 12 brown-headed cowbird - 30 orchard oriole - 2 Baltimore oriole - 3 Next field trip - Saturday, May 15 - Herb Parsons WMA, Fisherville, TN. Meet at hq, 8 am. contact Theresa Graham, 901-465-4263 Van Harris Millington, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================