[TN-Bird] Gibson County migrants, Lark Sparrow, Brown Creeper, Mourning Warbler, etc.
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:51:41 -0700 (PDT)
Spent most of the day yesterday out and about in
Gibson County. It was a great day weatherwise and the
birding was pretty good too! One highlight was a Lark
Sparrow on the road that I live on for the 3rd year in
a row. This was on the Mt. Orange Road which is just
west of Trenton. Also had several Grasshopper Sparrows
along this road as well.
In the Macedonia bottoms area in western Gibson County
on Hwy. 104 I had 2 pairs of Canada Geese with young
swimming along together. Just up the road at Hooper
Marsh in Dyer County the water was way up and the only
thing of interest there was a Green Heron.
In the Eaton bottoms near the Crockett County line I
had the following:
+Mississippi Kite - 2
+Broad-winged Hawk - 1
+several American Coots
+Great Egret - 7
+Yellow-throated Vireo & White-eyed Vireo
+Prothonotary Warbler, N. Parula, Yellow-throated
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Common
Yellowthroat
My most productive woodland birding was in the Old 104
& Bluff Road areas of western Gibson County where the
road was completely flooded in several places.
Highlights here:
+Wild Turkey & N. Bobwhite
+Yellow-billed Cuckoo
+Ruby-throated Hummingbird (several perched on wires),
+E. Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested
Flycatcher, lots of Eastern Kingbirds
+White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo,
+Philadelphia Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo
+Fish Crow (4)
+Brown Creeper (kinda late - possible breeder?)
+Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush
+Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, N. Parula,
Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler (several including one
unfortunate individual that was stranded in the water
about 20 yards off the shore), Black-throated Green
Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler (an extremely
cooperative male in the full sun foraging in the
Baldcypress trees!), Yellow-throated Warbler, Palm
Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart,
Prothonotary Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Common
Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, &
Yellow-breasted Chat
+Summer & Scarlet Tanager
+Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
East of Trenton on Narrow Gauge Road I had a singing
Kentucky Warbler and a singing Mourning Warbler.
In the town of Trenton I had at least 3 different
House Wrens singing.
I encountered almost no shorebird habitat as many
fields were flooded with a lot of water after the 4"
of rain we got on Friday night!
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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