1 Sept 2008 Old Hickory Lake, Davidson Co. First time birding in TN. Not sure what might be of interest to area birders, so below is a full list of what I saw. I birded the nature trail and the lake shore from 1430-1630...moderate boat activity on the lake. 80 funny-Mallard 5 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 38 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 1 American Kestrel 15 American Coot, including 4 juveniles: http://home.paws.lsu.edu/ejohn33/American_Coot_juvenile.htm 1 Black Tern 2 Mourning Dove 5 Downy Woodpecker 6 American Crow 10 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 13 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Northern Mockingbird 45 European Starling 4 Cedar Waxwing 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 3 Magnolia Warbler 3 Pine Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Ovenbird 1 Kentucky Warbler 1 Hooded Warbler 5 Eastern Towhee 2 Field Sparrow 25 Northern Cardinal 6 Indigo Bunting 8 Common Grackle 3 American Goldfinch Cheers, Erik Johnson Lafayette, LA (currently visiting Nashville, TN) ejohn33 AT lsu DOT edu =================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 _____________________________________________________________