Dyson's Ditch and Sycamore Creek Recreation Area near Ashland City TN Cheatham WMA Cheatham Co Sunday Morning Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Great Blue Heron - heronry with several dozen active nests (to be counted and studied on my next visit) Black Vulture - many of these birds in the vicinity of the heronry Turkey Vulture Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Purple Martin Cliff Swallow - building nests under the car bridge over Sycamore Creek Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparro w Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow - a single bird Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow - five in a bush Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch House Sparrow A delightful two hour walk, happy to see the Red-headed Woodpecker and to discover the Vesper Sparrow. Susan Hollyday Nashville TN