For the IMBD, we birded a wetland at the intersection of the Foothills Parkway and 321. This area is a natural wetland but has been enlarged by an impressive beaver dam. Here's the list of birds we saw there: Wood Duck 2 Mallard 3 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 8 Mourning Dove 12 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 6 Pileated Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 8 White-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 18 American Crow 12 Carolina Chickadee 13 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 8 Eastern Bluebird 36 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 4 European Starling 35 Cedar Waxwing 1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 6 Pine Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 3 Blue Grosbeak 2 Indigo Bunting 6 House Finch 8 American Goldfinch 4 -Susan Hoyle Knoxville, TN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2012 FALL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM AT NASHVILLE October 12-14 The Nashville Chapter of the TOS will host TOS members and all other interested birders to the Fall Meeting and Symposium on October 12-14, 2012. The host hotel is the Baymont Inn, 111 Penn Warren Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027. call 1-615-376-4666 to make a reservation. For more details: http://www.tnbirds.org/downloads/warbleraug12.pdf =================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 Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________