[TN-Bird] Douglas Dam
- From: "Frank Murphy" <hermitthrush@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:14:21 -0400
This is my first Spring in Tennessee and so far so good. Quite good actually.
The birds, trees, wildflowers and butterflies are just awesome. I have to say
that the blossoming redbud trees is the most spectacular tree display I have
ever witnessed.
I also want to mention that the other day along the roadside of Route 33 just
north of Knoxville, a couple were selling really nice well constructed
Bluebird, Carolina Wren, and Bat houses for $5 each. The gentleman was
painting the roof of one of the wren houses with a confederate flag. I was
going to buy it just for amusement, but he wasn't finished painting the stars
on it. It was a good deal but I didn't get any further information about them
other than they will be there again some day next week. Definitely worth a
stop.
Anyhow, this morning I took a short walk along the base of Douglas Dam and was
treated to a nice sampling of migrants and residents. Ospreys were seen
catching fish. There were hundreds of Cliff Swallow nests under the bridge and
most of them were already occupied. FOS birds for me included Summer Tanager,
Orchard Oriole, Cliff Swallow and Catbird.
Location: Douglas Dam - Sevier County
Observation date: 4/20/08
Notes: Cliff Swallows occupying most of the nests under the bridge. Male
Orchard Oriole and Summer Tanager seen close and singing.
Number of species: 30
Great Blue Heron 20
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 200
Barn Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 8
Yellow Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 2
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Frank Murphy
White Pine, TN
Jefferson County
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