Bruce Anderson, co-author with the late Henry M. Stevenson of THE BIRDLIFE OF FLORIDA, is in the process of writing a monograph on the Scissor- tailed Flycatcher. He has asked me to compile all records of this species in Tennessee and to compile a list of all Tennesssee nesting records, including descriptions of nesting habitat, nest substrate, and nest success. I have compiled all the records that I could find in The Migrant, in Robinson's Annotated Checklist (1990), and in Nicholson's Atlas (1997), but if you know of records that have not appeared in those sources, please advise me. I have complete nesting data for the following nesting records (except for the success of one of them, as noted): Smyrna Airport, Rutherford Co., Jun 2002 W of Wynnburg, Lake Co., May-Jul 2002 Smyrna Airport, Rutherford Co., Jun-Jul 2000 Franklin, Williamson Co., Jun 2000 Phillipy, Lake Co., Jun-Jul 2000 (but success not known) Franklin, Williamson Co., Jun-Jul 1999 Pickwick Dam, Hardin Co., May-Jun 1990 Franklin Co., May-mid-Jun 1989 I have no nesting data for the following nesting records: South Pittsburgh, Marion Co., Jun-Jul 2001 Sequatchie Co., Jun-Jul 2001 Franklin Co., Aug 2000 N of Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., Jun-Jul 2000 Charleston exit, I-75, Bradley Co., Jul 1997 Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Summer 1985 Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Aug-Sep 1983 Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., July 1978 If you can supply data relating to nesting habitat, nest substrate, and nest success for any of these records, please e-mail to me as soon as possible. I know Bruce will be most grateful, and, of course, so will I. If you know of any nesting record besides those listed, please advise. Thanks to Jan Shaw, Rob Peeples, and Rick Knight for responding to earlier personal requests for data on this project. Steve Stedman Cookeville, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================