[TN-Bird] KTOS Foothills Parkway Hawk Watch

From: David Trently <dtrently@xxxxxxx>
To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:14:02 -0400
east Tennessee
Blount County
Foothills Parkway

At the hawk watch on the Parkway Sunday we did see a few hawks, but with 
practically cloudless skies we didn't have much hope of having a very eventful 
count.
We started in the fog at lower elevation at the beginning of the Parkway off 
route 321 near Townsend. Very few migrants were around for most of our time 
there, but we did pick up SWAINSON'S THRUSH; CHESTNUT-SIDED, BAY-BREASTED & 
MAGNOLIA WARBLERS; SCARLET TANAGER...
We drove up to the first parking area and got a couple local species...then at 
the first overlook on the right we saw a few TENNESSEE WARBLERS and an 
OVENBIRD.
By about 9:30 we were at the hawk watch site (the place with parking areas on 
both sides of the road). Just as we arrived, a COMMON RAVEN flew over us.
It took about 2 hours before Dollyann Myers spotted our first BROAD-WINGED 
HAWK. Most of the hawks we saw were flying far off or high overhead - we 
didn't even see many vultures.
While waiting for raptors we did manage a few songbirds: a few E WOOD-PEWEEs; 
BLACK-THROATED GREEN, PINE & HOODED WARBLERS; AMERICAN REDSTART and BALTIMORE 
ORIOLE, along with more of some of those we had already seen, plus some local 
residents.

Here are the raptor counts and some other species seen:

Black Vulture   1
Turkey Vulture   4
Osprey   1
Broad0winged Hawk   25
Red-tailed Hawk   2
several Chimney Swifts
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   at least 6
Indigo Bunting   1

The following butterflies were also seen:

E Tiger Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtails - migrating? Most were flying somewhat high and in the 
same direction the hawks fly.
Cloudless Sulphur
Red-spotted Purple
Monarch
Gulf Fritillary (1)

There were several dragonflies flying high, but none close enough to identify.

David Trently,
Knoxville, TN

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