I walked the Turkey Creek greenway in west Knox County on May 14 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. and found the following: Canada Goose - 1 - sitting on nest Mallard - 1 Great Blue Heron - 1 Green Heron - 1 Killdeer - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Chimney Swift - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 American Crow - 8 Tree Swallow - 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Carolina Wren - 4 House Wren - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 - at/on nest in small willow(?), blowing in the strong wind (hope the nest survived the violent thunder storm later that day) American Robin - 2 Gray Catbird - 2 Brown Thrasher - 1 European Starling - 6 Common Yellowthroat - 3 Eastern Towhee - 2 Song Sparrow - 3 Northern Cardinal - 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 20 + They were everywhere Common Grackle - 6 Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 American Goldfinch - 2 House Sparrow - 1 - at Salsarita's at top of trail Number of Species: 28 Carole Gobert Knox County, Tennessee =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================