[TN-Bird] Cross Mountain and Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery
- From: "Chuck/Lola Estes" <chucklola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 16:03:19 -0400
5/4/12
Cross Mountain, Campbell County
Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery, Anderson County
Lola and I spent Saturday morning from about 8:00 to 10:30 on Cross Mountain
near Caryville, TN. Most of the time was spent on the upper old coal mining
bench that is probably the most popular for birding. It is bench on the
left-hand side going up Mountain Road and is a very sharp right hand bend of
Mountain Road. It was socked in with fog below so this was the first good
viewing area. Lots of singing with the Golden-winged Warbler singing
steadily. We moved up to the top when the fog rolled up hill and saw
several Chestnut-sided Warblers and Ovenbirds around the new kiosk for
Cumberland Mountain Trail on Tower Road (gravel road on the right at the
top). The fog kept rolling up the mountain so we headed down to Cove Lake
State Park to try and find the Swainson's Warbler seen recently. We didn't
make it as we ran into Tony Headrick's group that had heard a Black-billed
Cuckoo on the bench. Everyone got great looks (even scope views that
allowed the red orbital ring to be viewed). Tony's group had started out at
Cove Lake and heard two Swainson's Warblers.
On the way back to Oak Ridge, we made a brief stop at the Eagle Bend Fish
Hatchery in Clinton. There were lots of swallows working the grass mostly
Cliff Swallows and several ponds in the back (south) had shorebirds where we
picked out two White-rumped Sandpipers with a group of Least Sandpipers.
These were very cooperative and allowed us to get long looks with the scope
while they preened.
Cross Mountain:
- American Redstart - 5
- Ovenbird - 12
- Yellow-rumped - 2
- Black-throated Green W. - 7
- Cerulean W. - 7 (several singing)
- Golden-winged W. - 1, in first 50 yards of the bench
- Hooded W. - 2
- Northern Parula - 1
- Chestnut-sided W. - 6
- Black and White W. - 2
- Kentucky Warbler - 1
- Blue-headed Vireo - 2
- Red-eyed Vireo - 2
- White-eyed Vireo - 2
- Scarlet Tanager - 2
- Indigo Bunting - 4
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
- Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
- Eastern Towhee - 3
- Field Sparrow - 1
- Carolina Wren - 1
- Carolina Chickadee - 3
Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery (Clinton)
- Cliff Swallows (numerous)
- Tree Swallows - 3
- Northern Rough-winged Swallows - 2
- Canada Geese - 15
- Solitary Sandpiper - 2
- Spotted Sandpiper - 5
- Lesser Yellowlegs - 5
- Least sandpiper - 11
- White-rumped Sandpiper - 2
- Killdeer - 11
- Green Heron - 1
- Blue-winged Teal - 12
- Mallard - 9
- Savannah Sparrows - 3
Chuck Estes
Oak Ridge, TN
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From: Chuck/Lola Estes [mailto:chucklola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 11:34 PM
To: 'tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Cross Mountain Birds
4/14/12
Cross Mountain, Campbell County
Lola and I spent Saturday morning from about 9:00 to 11:30 on Cross Mountain
near Caryville, TN. We spent most of the time on an old coal mining bench
that is probably the most popular for birding. It is near the top and
accessed off of a sharp right hand bend of Mountain Road. There were not
large numbers of warblers but a good variety.
- American Redstart - 3
- Ovenbird - 2
- Yellow-rumped - 1
- Black-throated Green W. - 8
- Cerulean W. - 7 (very vocal)
- Blue-winged W. - 2
- Golden-winged W. - 1 male, same location as last year (3 weeks
earlier) in first 50 yards of the bench
- Hooded W. - 3
- Northern Parula - 1
- Chestnut-sided W. - 1
- Black and White W. - 2
- Blue-headed Vireo - 2
- Red-eyed Vireo - 2
- White-eyed Vireo - 2
- Scarlet Tanager - 1
- Indigo Bunting - 1 female
- Eastern Towhee - 12
- Field Sparrow - 2
- Brown Thrasher - 2
- Carolina Wren - 4
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
- Northern Cardinal - 8
- Carolina Chickadee - 5
- Pileated Woodpecker - 1
- Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Chuck Estes
Oak Ridge, TN
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