4 NTOS members enjoyed milder temperatures and gorgeous weather while birding a new location for us, the property of Hopepark Church in Bellevue TN just west of Nashville. The property is 280 acres and includes diverse habitat including cedar glades, deciduous forest (with many huge beech trees), a pond, and fields. The most notable birds of the morning were a group of 4-5 fox sparrows and a beautiful group of wood ducks. The property is in Davidson County. It is private property and you need permission from the church to bird there. Full trip list: Canada Goose Wood Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-Tailed Hawk Kildeer Eastern Screech-Owl Red-Bellied Woodpecker Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Golden-Crowned Kinglet Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Easter Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-Throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal American Goldfinch Amy Potter NTOS Davidson County, 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________