7 May 2008 Shelby Park/Bottoms East Nashville, Davidson Co Frank Fekel and I birded Mission Hill in Shelby Park, and Phase 1 of Shelby Bottoms this morning. We found 20 species of Warblers for the morning, including the Swainson's Warbler that has been present in phase 2 of the Bottoms since April 30th. Warblers included: Tennessee - 3 Nashville - 1 Yellow - 2 Chestnut-sided - 1 Magnolia - 6+ Cape May - 2 Black-throated Green - 2 Blackburnian - 1 Yellow-throated - 1 Praire - 3 Palm - 8+ Blackpoll - 5 Cerulean - 2, both in phase 2 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 American Redstart - 3 Swainson's - 1 Ovenbird - 1 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 7+ Yellow-breasted Chat - 6+ Other species of note included: Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 Warbling Vireo - 1 Wood Thrush - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 5+ Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Scarlet Tanager - 1 Orchard Oriole - 2 Baltimore Oriole - 1 Phillip Casteel Madison,TN -- "When I'm good, I'm very good; but when I'm bad, I'm better"- Mae West =================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 _____________________________________________________________