[TN-Bird] Fwd: [KnoxvilleTOS] Saturday evening field trip
- From: amjwoody@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Tennessee List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:58:58 +0000 (UTC)
Another fine offering for your field trip enjoyment. This time, an evening
trip to Clingmans Dome.
Saturday, April 2, Evening
Saw-Whet Owls-Clingmanâ??s Dome
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leader: David Trently
Home 865-531-1473 , Work 865-974-8528 or 8664
NatureTours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ;
cell phone (day of trip only) 865-771-8288
A major target on most birder's lists is the Northern Saw-whet
Owl, but it's not a very easy bird to see. In Tennessee, the best
place to find one is in the eastern mountains. Since they don't
usually call until after it's fully dark, trying for one is not a common
event for most birders.
I've had some luck hearing them in April along the Clingmans
Dome Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Please contact me in advance to let me know you plan to go.
I will need your contact info in case the trip needs to be canceled
(high wind, rain). If you fail to let me know you will be going, you
are still very welcome to join us, but we may change meeting
places and times based on who is going.
The Plan:
You have three options for joining the group:
4:30 p.m. Meet at the Stokely Building parking lot (320 N.Cedar Bluff Rd,
Knoxville)
5:00 p.m. Meet at the Comcast parking lot off Asheville Highway (Exit 394 off
I-40 onto US Route 11E, north of the interstate)
6:00 p.m. Meet at the Sugarlands Visitor Center in the Smokies
From Sugarlands, we'll drive up to Clingmans Dome and do some birding there
while we wait for dark (sunset is around 8:00). We may see Ruffed Grouse on the
roadsides at dusk.
After dark, we'll stop at various pull-outs along the road, listening for the
calls of
these little owls. If the weather is good (little or no wind, no rain...) we
have a good
chance of hearing some. Seeing them is more difficult - you may have to be
content with just their voices. We can use flashlights, though larger
spotlights are
not legal in the Park.
Bring clothes for temperatures 15-20 degrees cooler than at the lower
elevations
and donâ??t expect to be back in Knoxville before 11:00.
David Trently
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
!come see the real world...
Knoxville, TN
http://avianpursuits.com/
 Posted by
Alice Woody
Field Trip Coordinator
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