[TN-Bird] Cades Cove, Blount County

  • From: hoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:48:47 -0400

Cades Cove, GSMNP
Blount County
11 October 2009

Martha Rudolph and I birded in Cades Cove, mainly around the
Sparks Lane area. The Cove was very crowded. The drive time
for the Loop was 2-3 hours. Here's the list:

Wood Duck     2   (sewage ponds)
Mallard     1     (sewage ponds)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL     3 (sewage ponds)
Wild Turkey     26
PIED-BILLED GREBE    1 (sewage ponds)
Great Blue Heron     1
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     5
NORTHERN HARRIER    2 (male and female - Hyatt lane)
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
American Kestrel     2
Mourning Dove     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER     1 (FOS)
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     10 (a "flock")
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     5
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     36 (one flock of 30)
American Crow     18
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     6
Swainson's Thrush     1
Wood Thrush     1
Gray Catbird     5
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     7
Palm Warbler     19 (everywhere)
Common Yellowthroat     2
Eastern Towhee     4
Song Sparrow     2
SWAMP SPARROW    1 (FOS)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Eastern Meadowlark     14
American Goldfinch     6

-Susan Hoyle
Knoxville, TN



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