[TN-Bird] Black-bellied Plover, etc. (Cocke Co., TN)
- From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Butternuts <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:50:13 -0400 (EDT)
April 26, 2008
Cocke County: Dutch Bottoms (DB), Rankin Bottoms (RB), and vicinity
I spent about 2.5 hours today in northern Cocke County, from mid-morning until
around lunchtime. Unfortunately I arrived too late to catch maximum birdsong,
but results were good nonetheless. Here's a complete list:
Canada Goose (83)
Wood Duck (22)
Mallard (15)
Blue-winged Teal (30, RB)
Double-crested Cormorant (17)
Great Blue Heron (18)
Cattle Egret (RB)
Green Heron (RB)
Turkey Vulture (11)
Osprey (RB, at tipple)
Bald Eagle (3 immatures, RB)
Black-bellied Plover (2, RB; viewed at great distance with scope for about 40
minutes; distinguished from American Golden-Plover by larger head and bill,
black axillaries, white rump, and light tail)
Killdeer (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (2, RB)
Lesser Yellowlegs (8, RB)
Solitary Sandpiper (2, RB)
Ring-billed Gull (34)
Forster's Tern (2, DB)
Mourning Dove (2)
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker (3)
Great Crested Flycatcher (2)
Eastern Kingbird (6)
White-eyed Vireo (6)
Red-eyed Vireo (9)
Blue Jay (11)
American Crow (17)
Tree Swallow (6)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2)
Bank Swallow (RB)
Cliff Swallow (75, Rankin Bridge)
Barn Swallow (6)
Carolina Chickadee (4)
Tufted Titmouse (9)
Carolina Wren (11)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (11)
Eastern Bluebird (12)
Wood Thrush (2)
American Robin (3)
Northern Mockingbird (6)
European Starling (19)
Yellow Warbler (Rankin Bridge)
Pine Warbler (DB)
Prairie Warbler (3)
Prothonotary Warbler (12)
Louisiana Waterthrush (2, Rankin Hill Road and Lehigh Drive)
Kentucky Warbler (2, Lehigh Drive)
Common Yellowthroat (13)
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager (RB)
Scarlet Tanager (3)
Eastern Towhee (2)
Chipping Sparrow (3)
Field Sparrow (8)
Savannah Sparrow (singing, RB)
Song Sparrow (6)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (14)
Blue Grosbeak (2)
Indigo Bunting (22)
Red-winged Blackbird (12)
Common Grackle (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird (3)
Orchard Oriole (4)
American Goldfinch (7)
Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
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