Bird Report from Fortress Rosecrans International Migratory Bird Day count Date: May 14, 2005 Birders: Don Davidson, Terri Hogan, Ruth Luckado, Laura McCall, Laurel Temmen, Lisa Trail Location: Fortress Rosecrans, Murfreesboro (Rutherford County) Time: 9-11 am Weather: partly cloudy, upper 70s, breezy (10-20 mph) with occasional gusts (storm front approaching) Total Species - 38 Birds recorded: Canada Goose - 1 Black Vulture - 1 Turkey Vulture - 1 Killdeer - 2 Mourning Dove - 3 Chimney Swift - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Eastern Kingbird - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 2 Blue Jay - 3 American Crow - 4 Purple Martin - 1 N. Rough-Winged Swallow - 6 Barn Swallow - 1 Carolina Chickadee - 2 Tufted Titmouse - 2 Carolina Wren - 5 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Eastern Bluebird - 1 American Robin - 10 Gray Catbird - 1 N. Mockingbird - 3 Brown Thrasher - 1 European Starling - 3 Cedar Waxwing - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat - 2 Field Sparrow - 7 Song Sparrow - 1 N. Cardinal - 8 Blue Grosbeak - 2 Indigo Bunting - 15 Common Grackle - 13 Brown-Headed Cowbird - 5 Orchard Oriole - 1 American Goldfinch - 10 Laura Jennings McCall Outreach Coordinator MTSU Center for Environmental Education P.O. Box 60 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 tel: 615.904.8574 fax: 615.217.7865 =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================