[TN-Bird] Birding info request
- From: "Mark P. Morgan" <mpm1250@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 06:23:33 -0700 (PDT)
Hello all: I'll be in the Gatlinburg area on Th. and Fri. of this week. Can you
advise me on some areas close to Gatlinburg (10-20 mi.) that I'm most likely to
see some lingering migrants and residents, especially warblers.
Thanks,
Mark Morgan
Richmond, KY
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tn-bird Digest Mon, 09 May 2005 Volume: 04 Issue: 127
In This Issue:
[TN-Bird] Turkey Creek wetlands, Knox County
[TN-Bird] Ivory bill cartoon in WASHINGTON POST
[TN-Bird] An Oriole morning
[TN-Bird] Cedar Waxwings
[TN-Bird] 1 Life Bird, 2 Yard Birds etc.
[TN-Bird] Rare woodpecker in TN?
[TN-Bird] Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hampton, TN
[TN-Bird] Greene Co., TN Lincoln Sparrow et al
[TN-Bird] Possible Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawk
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From: "Carole Gobert"
Subject: [TN-Bird] Turkey Creek wetlands, Knox County
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 10:53:05 -0400
I visited the Turkey Creek wetlands in west Knox County over the past
weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and saw or heard most of the same birds that
Steve & Gail Clendenon had reported, including the waterthrush and the
solitary sandpiper, both of which were in the small pool beside the chip
trail (on the east side of the trail just opposite the fast moving water on
the west side of the trail).
In addition I watched two Eastern Kingbirds having a dispute with two Common
Grackles in the wetland to the north of the paved trail; they took turns
diving at each other with no clear winner emerging.
Also saw a couple Cedar Waxwings and a Canada Goose family consisting of two
adults and 5 young ones. When first spotted they were behind Earthfare, in
the tall grass on the hillside leading to the paved path. Thought there
were 3 goslings but as they emerged from the tall grass to cross the path
and go into the water 2 additional ones appeared.
From the parking lot at Quiznos you can look down on a large pool. It held
two kildeer and a couple of Northern Rough Winged Swallows passed over
allowing me to get a close look from a new overhead angle.
If anyone reading this lost their cell phone at Turkey Creek recently, it's
somewhere to the north of the paved path behind Earthfare. I heard it
ringing but couldn't locate it in the thick undergrowth. About the time I
started looking for it, it stopped ringing.
Carole Gobert
Knox County, Tennessee
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From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 13:35:54 EDT
Subject: [TN-Bird] Ivory bill cartoon in WASHINGTON POST
Good Morning,
A cartoon by Tom Toles about the locating of the ivory billed woodpecker
appeared in the WASHINGTON POST. It made my skin crawl to think that this COULD
happen if all of us and the powers that be are not very careful. Go to the
site below to view it.
http://tinyurl.com/c3vmc
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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From: Birdglass44@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:17:21 EDT
Subject: [TN-Bird] An Oriole morning
This morning Jean Alexander and I birded the Maryville College Woods from
7-9:30 and had 47 species. Some highlights were Black-throated blue,
Blackburnian, Blackpoll and Cerulean warblers, Black-billed and Yellow-billed
cuckoos,
loads of Rose-breasted grosbeaks and Scarlet tanagers, AND a wave of
Northern Orioles. We had 14 in one group of trees, another of 16-18 feeding in
the
flowering Tulip poplars and at least 8 others singing at other locations in
the Woods. Not bad for a place Jean said she had never seen an Oriole!
Warren Bielenberg
Maryville
Blount County
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From:
Subject: [TN-Bird] Cedar Waxwings
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:39:17 -0400
This afternoon about 1:00 PM after returning from the store I heard the
unmistakable shrill whistle of Cedar Waxwings. Looking up I saw a flock of
about 20 fly overhead and land in the top of a tall oak tree in my side yard. I
continued to hear their calls in the vicinity of a mulberry bush in my backyard
but going to investigate I could not see any to get photographs of.
Also seen were, a Red-tailed Hawk being chased by three American Crows, a
Carolina Wren at one of my suet feeders, numerous Barn Swallows Circling
overhead, and a fledgling American Robin that has been flying awkwardly around
my yard for the past three days giving me great photo opportunities.
I put up a 150 lb.. cement bird feeder on my deck and finally got my
Hummingbird feeders out and am working to plant and add everything I can to
attract as many species of birds to my yard as I can..
Good Birding!
Nat Winston III
Hermitage, TN
thornius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2129198704
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:46:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [TN-Bird] 1 Life Bird, 2 Yard Birds etc.
From: featherbrain@xxxxxxxx
This morning was a great one. As I stepped outside I heard an empidonax
flycatcher. I'm not really good at their sounds, so I went looking for it.
After much searching, I finally saw an Acadian Flycatcher singing
"PIZ-zza"
, a lifer for me and yard bird #117. Later on, I had a beautiful adult
male Baltimore Oriole, but later on I picked up a few more singing their
hearts out. Although I have had many males, as I was walking in our field,
I picked up my first female Indigo Bunting. As I approached a clump of
Pine trees, I heard a Red-headed Woodpecker, yard bird #118. He acted very
territorial, chasing away a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and drumming
allot. As I came back from the field, I checked the Killdeer nest to find
4 eggs.
Other birds seen were:
Wood Duck, 2
Yellow-breasted Chat, 20+
Yellow-throated Vireo, 1
Wood Thrush, 2+
David Hollie,
Ringgold, GA
Catoosa County
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:22:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Charlie
Subject: [TN-Bird] Rare woodpecker in TN?
Hi folks,
Today I was told by National Park Service personnel that they
recieved a report from someone in Sevier County of possible
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (RCW for short). While not on the level of
Ivory-billed, this would be a significant sighting, because I believe
it has been about 20 years since this species was confirmed in
Tennessee.
Because the home owners are an elderly couple with some health
issues, and because it is in a difficult to access place, I hope you
will forgive my not broadcasting the exact location to the world,
except to say it was east of Gatlinburg.
I went today to interview the man and see the location. He says that
2 birds came to his feeder multiple times for 2-3 days. He seems to
know his woodpeckers well, and described to me from memory the key
markings of each of the species found in this area, and his
description of Red-cockaded was very good.
However the habitat seems all wrong to me. There were a number of
pines in this mixed forest, but not a stand of them. And most were
not of the diameter I've seen in other RCW colonies. And whereas
most RCW colonies have very sparse undergrowth - often just grass -
this area was quite thick.
Because this is not a migratory species, and because there are no
known extant colonies for several hours' drive, I do not know what to
think. One the one hand an apparently reliable observer, on the
other an unlikely (but not impossible) situation.
I have instructed the man to take photos if they ever come back, and
he promised to call me.
I am also giving specific details to a couple of state ornithologists
- not because they are privileged or more deserving than all of you
fine people, but because the recod may turn out to be important if a
colony is ever found.
I do not intend to go searching through this rugged terrain if there
are no further sightings. I know 2 NPS employees who live nearby and
they are keeping their eyes open for both nest trees and birds.
While there today I saw 3 each Red Crossbills and Pine Siskins at the
gentleman's feeder.
Good day!
Charlie
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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From: AHoodedWarbler@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:24:45 EDT
Subject: [TN-Bird] Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hampton, TN
I'm still seeing on a regular basis, as of May 8, a Red-breasted Nuthatch at
my feeders at home in Hampton, Carter Co., TN.
Cavity-nesting birds using my nest boxes include one pair each of Eastern
Bluebird and Tree Swallow, 1 pair of House Wrens and 2 pairs of Carolina
Chickadees.
Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 01:19:44 -0400
From: dnldhlt@xxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Greene Co., TN Lincoln Sparrow et al
MON 10 MAY 2005
Clyde Austin 4-H Center, Greene Co., TN
D. Holt
2 Lincoln's sparrows this morning, one of them singing.
at least 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, some drumming and calling
Eastern Screech Owl nestling peeking out of nestbox
2 Cooper's Hawks chasing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk over site of a nest of
appropriate size
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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From:
Subject: [TN-Bird] Possible Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawk
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 1:32:52 -0400
At about 4:30 PM this afternoon I had a hawk with a long thin tail circling
over my house. I could not make out any markings and mainly had just the
silhouette to go by. The tail was quite long and thin. The two hawks it
resembled most closely were a Cooper's or a Sharp-shinned hawk. I have digital
pictures but they mainly show a silhouette. Any Ideas?
Good Birding
Nat Winston III
Hermitage, TN
thornius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2129198704
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