Percy Warner Park, Mossy Ridge Trail Nashville-Davidson Co. TN Monday 29 May 2006 This morning while hiking the Mossy Ridge Trail at Warner Park in Nashville, I was alerted to the agitated "chep" of several birds right along the trail. All of a sudden, an adult male Kentucky Warbler flew low right in front of me, landing in the path. On the ground the agitated bird spread his wings and moved along with his wings open flicking his tail. He was within five feet of me as I stood motionless. It almost appeared as if the bird were injured or perhaps doing a sort of "Killdeer broken-wing act". Then immediately to my left, in a near-by branch, a second adult male Kentucky Warbler landed, very agitated. The black feathers on his head were raised like those of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. He constantly flicked his tail and "chepped". At this point, the bird on the ground flew up, landing in a near-by branch. His head feathers were raised and he too was very agitated and fussy. I continued down the path a few yards to give the birds some room, but the fussing and commotion continued as these two birds flittered and fussed affording the best views I have ever had of this elusive warbler. After a few minutes, with the continuing commotion fading into the distance, I continued my hike. Kevin Bowden Nashville, 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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________