Hello Tennessee birders, I walked the Third Creek Greenway from West High to Tyson Park and back yesterday morning. Warbler diversity was low, and I missed some birds I was hoping for (like cuckoo). Apologies for the late report - ended up in the ER late last night, so couldn't post too well from there. But I'll try to post this one just once (not sure what happened on the last one). I did find a pair of Wood Ducks just upstream from Concord Street, and flushed a Green Heron from its overnight perch in a tree (is this where they normally perch at night?). Two of the warblers I did find were nice - a Louisiana Waterthrush singing across Concord Street near the bridge, and two Blackpolls. An Acadian Flycatcher called from the hillside near Laurel Church of Christ. Swainson's and Wood Thrushes were singing in 2 spots each. Final highlight was a female Hairy Woodpecker feeding a young bird near the railroad overpass. The greenway extends west behind West High School and the habitat is a bit denser than the rest - I didn't get a chance to check it thoroughly, but I bet some different birds reside there. Here's a list of the species I encountered in case one is new for the Knox County Spring Count week. Wish I could have participated but I was in Kentucky... and off to Florida tomorrow. Good birding everyone- Andrew Location: Third Creek Greenway Observation date: 5/5/08 Notes: only one on the trail for the first hour. Found 4 Wh-Th Sparrows close to Concord St, and singles in other spots. Number of species: 56 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 12 Green Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 5 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 11 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 White-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 6 Carolina Chickadee 14 Tufted Titmouse 7 Carolina Wren 16 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Eastern Bluebird 3 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 3 Brown Thrasher 4 European Starling 8 Cedar Waxwing 8 Northern Parula 1 Cape May Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Eastern Towhee 14 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 8 Northern Cardinal 28 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 7 Common Grackle 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 16 House Sparrow 4 -- Andrew Core Tucson, AZ =================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 _____________________________________________________________