[TN-Bird] Haw Ridge, Anderson Co.
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 00:35:59 -0400 (EDT)
I finally made it over for a spring walk at Haw Ridge Park
in Anderson Co. Haw Ridge is a multi-use park with trails
for hiking, mountain biking, horse-back riding, and canoeing.
It is owned and maintained by the city of Oak Ridge. It
covers a rather large penninsula on Melton Hill Lake near
Bull Run Steam Plant and is located just off of Pellissippi
Parkway on the Edgemoor Road exit just north of the Solway
Bridge. For more information, directions and trail maps,
check out the Friends of Haw Ridge website (www.hawridge.org).
There are 25 miles of trails with a variety of habitats
including power-line cuts, 5 miles of lake shoreline,
deciduous forest, several ponds and some nice streams.
I had 49 species in a little over 5 hours and several miles
of walking. I'm trying to get a birdlist for the park so
if you go or have gone there, please forward me the species
you see. Right now, the list stands at 66 species.
A few migrants but the warblers were probably breeders.
Wasn't there at the best time for birding (late morning to
early afternoon).
(Sorry for the old orange-card order)
7 May 2005, Haw Ridge Park, Anderson Co., TN
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Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey, 2 active nests
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull, 2 1st-year birds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 3, Crossvine was blooming everywhere
Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied, Pileated Woodpeckers
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
N Rough-winged Swallow
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, tons, almost never out of earshot
Eastern Bluebird
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, nice
VEERY, also nice
Wood Thrush (Swainson's only thrush not on the list yet)
Gray Catbird
Red-eyed, White-eyed, Yellow-throated Vireos ... Red-eyeds very
common as expected
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ovenbird
Northern Parula, 2-3
Prairie Warbler, several on territory along power-line cuts
Worm-eating Warbler, 2 heard singing
Yellow Warbler, 2
Common Yellowthroat, not as common as I'd expect
Scarlet Tanager, couple
Summer Tanager, ridiculously abundant, almost never out of earshot
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark
American Goldfinch
Non-birds:
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Leps:
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Zebra Swallowtail, 2 or 3, some Pawpaw found
E Tiger Swallowtail, 1
WEST VIRGINIA WHITE, 2
Red-spotted Purple, common
Pearl Crescent, common
American Lady, 2
Carolina Satyr, insanely abundant, ~100
ZABULON SKIPPER, 1 male, photographed
E Tent Caterpillar, abundant of course
one of the angle geometrids, Semiothisa sp., Red-headed Inchworm Moth
I think but didn't get a good look
Few other moths that I didn't get good looks at
Odes:
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Common Whitetail, abundant
a large mosaic darner, a large clubtail, a dark skimmer, and
a possible emerald all of which wouldn't sit still
Grasshoppers:
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Sulphur-winged Grasshopper, abundant in power-line cuts, photographed
Northern Green-striped Grasshopper, pretty sure on this ID, all
brown form, common in forest edges, photographed
a ground cricket, call recorded, hope I can make something out
of it when I get time. Just starting these guys after getting
that new field guide
Tiger Beetles:
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, abundant
Various insects:
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Scorpion Flies were pretty common
a big fishing spider (I think), photographed will try to ID later
Herps and such:
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Black Kingsnake, photographed
N Black Racer
N Ring-necked Snake, photographed
all turtles were in the big pond on the eastern shore
Common Snapping Turtle, 2-3 BIG ones
Painted Turtle, several
E Spiny Softshell
a few lizards, skinks and several frogs that avoided ID
Mammals:
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White-tailed Deer, fresh track, heard a couple, one old partial
carcass
Beaver, none seen but several trees chewed on
didn't see the famed "Tree Goat"
Wildflowers:
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Lots, most I don't know but,
Crossvine, everywhere
Lyre-leaf Sage
phlox sp.
geranium, couple different species
viola, couple species, Bird's Foot (or some such) was common
trillium, the big one with yellow blooms, very common
Poison Ivy, Haw Ridge is the world capital!
blue-eyed grass
Solomon's Seal, False Solomon's Seal
Hearts-a-bustin'
Lot of other pretty things I can't ID
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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