Yesterday morning I stopped by Couch and Lytle Creek Rd. to check for the
scissor-tailed fly catchers that have been reported. My first sightings
were two loggerhead shrikes at the end of Couch Rd. Moments later a
scissor-tail flew to a perch on the fence and began feeding. It flew to a
nearer perch and posed nicely. A second bird soon showed up farther down
the fence. Driving on down Lytle Creek Rd. a third flycatcher was seen on
a utility wire. It had to dodge a Cooper's hawk that flew in. An eastern
kingbird helped encourage the hawk to move on,
Driving on to Discovery Wetalnds in Murfreesboro I found two adult and one
immature yellow-crowned night-herons with the help of Greg Tomerlin.
--
Hugh Barger
