The Nashville Spring Count was held Saturday, May 5 and totaled 164 species which ties the highest for the last 10 years. Migrant numbers were low possibly due to high temperatures and southerly winds for the past week. But early morning rains kept it cool until it cleared off in the afternoon. Several waterfowl species remained, mostly at Radnor Lake where there was a breeding plumaged Horned Grebe. Other highlights included 1 American Bittern at Shelby Bottoms, 5 adult Bald Eagles, 1 late Northern Harrier in Rutherford Co., 1 Black-billed Cuckoo in Cheatham Co., 7 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 young Pileateds being fed in a nest hole at Warner Park, 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher along the Natchez Trace Pkwy., 8 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in Rutherford Co., 2 Loggerhead Shrikes, 1 Bewick's Wren, all the thrushes (including a late Hermit), 1 Swainson's Warbler at Shelby Bottoms, 2 Ceruleans in Williamson Co., 3 Lark Sparrows, 2 Henslow's, 6 Lincoln's, and 30 Grasshopper Sparrows, and 45 Bobolinks. Thank you to all who participated, and to Scott Block for hosting and helping with the compilation. Jan Shaw, compiler Nashville, TN CANADA GOOSE - 111 WOOD DUCK - 39 AM. BLACK DUCK - 1 MALLARD - 31 BLUE-WINGED TEAL - 6 N. SHOVELER - 9 REDHEAD - 2 RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 LESSER SCAUP - 1 HOODED MERGANSER - 2 RUDDY DUCK - 2 WILD TURKEY - 69 NORTHERN BOBWHITE - 19 COMMON LOON - 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE - 2 HORNED GREBE - 2 DBL-CR CORMORANT - 59 AMERICAN BITTERN - 1 GREAT BLUE HERON - 60 GREAT EGRET - 7 GREEN HERON - 9 BLK-CR NIGHT-HERON - 9 YEL-CR NIGHT-HERON - 1 BLACK VULTURE - 193 TURKEY VULTURE - 66 OSPREY - 5 BALD EAGLE - 5 NO. HARRIER - 1 COOPER'S HAWK - 5 ACCIPTER SP. - 2 RED-SH. HAWK - 8 BROAD-WG HAWK - 5 RED-TAILED HAWK - 28 AM KESTREL - 12 AM COOT - 4 KILLDEER - 35 SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 5 GR YELLOWLEGS - 4 LESS YELLOWLEGS - 6 LEAST SANDPIPER - 11 WILSON'S SNIPE - 1 AM WOODCOCK - 1 RING-BILLED GULL - 1 CASPIAN TERN - 1 FORSTER'S TERN - 2 ROCK PIGEON - 59 EUR COL-DOVE - 7 MOURNING DOVE - 98 YEL-BIL CUCKOO - 19 BLK-BIL CUCKOO - 1 E SCREECH-OWL - 3 GR HORNED OWL - 3 BARRED OWL - 8 COM NIGHTHAWK - 1 CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW - 9 WHIP-POOR-WILL - 17 CHIMNEY SWIFT - 116 RUBY-THR HUMMINGBIRD - 16 BELTED KINGFISHER - 8 RED-HD WOODPECKER - 7 RED-BEL WOODPECKER - 74 DOWNY WOODPECKER - 49 HAIRY WOODPECKER - 6 NO FLICKER - 8 PILEATED WOODPECKER - 26 OLIVE-SID FLYCATCHER - 1 E WOOD-PEWEE - 51 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER - 21 LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2 E PHOEBE - 35 GR CREST FLYCATCHER - 55 E KINGBIRD - 63 SCISS-TAIL FLYCATCHER - 8 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE - 2 WHITE-EYED VIREO - 60 YEL-THR VIREO - 19 WARBLING VIREO - 12 RED-EYED VIREO - 72 BLUE JAY - 91 AM CROW - 87 PURPLE MARTIN - 31 TREE SWALLOW - 23 NO RGH-WG SWALLOW - 74 CLIFF SWALLOW - 341 BARN SWALLOW - 122 CAROLINA CHICKADEE - 143 TUFTED TITMOUSE - 121 WH-BR NUTHATCH - 18 CAROLINA WREN - 110 BEWICK'S WREN - 1 HOUSE WREN - 7 BL-GR GNATCATCHER - 104 E BLUEBIRD - 99 VEERY - 8 GRAY-CH THRUSH - 5 SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 49 HERMIT THRUSH - 1 WOOD THRUSH - 42 AMERICAN ROBIN - 166 GRAY CATBIRD - 9 NO MOCKINGBIRD - 117 BROWN THRASHER - 22 EURO STARLING - 788 CEDAR WAXWING - 592 BLUE-WG WARBLER - 9 GOLDEN-WG WARBLER - 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER - 25 NORTHERN PARULA - 31 YELLOW WARBLER - 16 CHESTNUT-S WARBLER - 8 MAGNOLIA WARBLER - 10 CAPE MAY WARBLER - 2 YEL-RUMPED WARBLER - 4 BLK-THR GR WARBLER - 9 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 3 YEL-THR WARBLER - 11 PINE WARBLER - 4 PRAIRIE WARBLER - 46 PALM WARBLER - 14 BAY-BR WARBLER - 3 BLACKPOLL WARBLER - 13 CERULEAN WARBLER - 2 BLK-N-WH WARBLER - 8 AM REDSTART - 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - 30 WORM-EATING WARBLER - 9 SWAINSON'S WARBLER - 1 OVENBIRD - 8 NO WATERTHRUSH - 3 LA WATERTHRUSH - 12 KENTUCKY WARBLER - 33 COM YELLOWTHROAT - 81 HOODED WARBLER - 12 CANADA WARBLER - 2 YELLOW-BR CHAT - 54 SUMMER TANAGER - 61 SCARLET TANAGER - 40 EASTERN TOWHEE - 77 CHIPPING SPARROW - 30 FIELD SPARROW - 112 LARK SPARROW - 3 SAVANNAH SPARROW - 11 GRASSHOPPER SP - 30 HENSLOW'S SPARROW - 2 SONG SPARROW - 22 LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 6 SWAMP SPARROW - 4 WHITE-THR SPARROW - 8 WHITE-CR SPARROW - 1 NO CARDINAL - 255 ROSE-BR GROSBEAK - 21 BLUE GROSBEAK - 18 INDIGO BUNTING - 198 DICKCISSEL - 10 BOBOLINK - 45 RED-WG BLACKBIRD - 100 E MEADOWLARK - 65 COM GRACKLE - 119 BRN-HEAD COWBIRD - 137 ORCHARD ORIOLE - 49 BALTIMORE ORIOLE - 3 HOUSE FINCH - 49 AM GOLDFINCH - 94 HOUSE SPARROW - 32 TOTAL BIRDS - 7023 TOTAL SPECIES - 164