My wife and I spent 3 hours at Beaman Park (nw. Davidson Co.) this morning after the storms let up; we walked the Henry Hollow Loop and also checked around the upper parking area. Activity was slow to start with, but picked up steadily as the morning progressed. The highlight was an apparent Mourning Warbler singing just before the upper parking area. I say "apparent" because I couldn't find the bird (despite considerable effort) and it was giving a somewhat atypical song that started off like a typical Mourning but then ended with a strange warble. Despite not seeing it, I am fairly certain that is what it was, since the start of that song was spot on for Mourning (or MacGillivray's, but I'm going to go out on a limp and assume that's not what it was). We had a total of 18 warbler species. As usual, Worm-eating Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, and Red-eyed Vireos were abundant and easily seen with no special effort. Other noteworthy sightings: 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Acadian Flycatchers (my FOS; none were detected here last weekend) 2 Great-crested Flycatchers 1 Veery 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 5 Swainson's Thrushes 8 Wood Thrushes 18 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 5 Yellow-throated Vireos 17 Red-eyed Vireos (mostly by voice, so I can't rule out Philadelphia; I haven't cracked that code yet) 18 Warblers: 9 Tennessee 5 Nashville 2 Northern Parula 4 Chestnut-sided 3 Magnolia 2 Black-throated Green 4 Yellow-throated 1 Pine 3 Palm (none seen, but presumed Western) 2 Bay-breasted 7 Blackpoll 3 Black-and-white 3 American Redstart 10 Worm-eating 3 Ovenbird 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Kentucky 1 Mourning 15 Scarlet Tanager 7 Summer Tanager 19 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 13 Indigo Bunting 1 Baltimore Oriole regards, -- Chris Sloan Nashville, TN My photos: http://csloan.smugmug.com =================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 _____________________________________________________________