April 24, 2011 Shelby Park/Bottoms Nashville, Davidson Co This morning Mary Zimmerman, Susan Hollyday, and I birded Shelby Park's hotspots and phase 1 of Shelby Bottoms. A single Mourning warbler was heard by all and seen by Susan at the trail entrance to Mission Hill in the park. 23 total species of warblers were seen or heard. Complete list below: Location: Shelby Park and Bottoms (Nashville) Observation date: 4/24/11 Number of species: 72 Canada Goose 5 Green Heron 2 Black Vulture 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 8 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Purple Martin 8 Tree Swallow 4 Carolina Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 3 Carolina Wren 6 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 11 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 4 European Starling 17 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 7 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 5 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 19 Black-throated Green Warbler 5 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 6 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 6 Cerulean Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Ovenbird 1 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 Hooded Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 5 Field Sparrow 7 Swamp Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 22 Scarlet Tanager 4 Northern Cardinal 14 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Indigo Bunting 3 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Orchard Oriole 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 3 Phillip Casteel Madison, TN Dude, run! - Brian Harnois =================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 _____________________________________________________________