[TN-Bird] Knox County weekend birding - Walker Springs Park
- From: "Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:01:13 -0400
Saturday evening 6 p.m., Walker Springs Park, Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn.
Parked in the lot by the playground at Walker Springs Apartments and entered
the park by walking down the path through the woods. Just to the left upon
reaching the main part of the park is a narrow dirt path that follows the
creek back towards Walker Springs Road. I could hear lots of very noisy
bluejays and grackles back in that area, so I walked a few yards back on the
dirt path and among all the jays and grackles got a brief glimpse of an
adult HOODED WARBLER in the trees.
Leaving that area and walking along the paved path in a direction away from
the creek (to my right), I found a FLYCATCHER (actually I think there was
more than one) in the trees just before you get to the second bench.
I returned on Sunday around 10 a.m. for an hour and then again around noon
to 2:30 p.m. trying to relocate both these birds. Instead of the flycatcher
in the area where I had seen it the night before, I got a brief glimpse of a
different HOODED WARBLER, this time an immature female.
I did eventually see another FLYCATCHER on the other side of the park. It
looked like the same one, or at least the same species. I believe it was an
ALDER/WILLOW FLYCATCHER. It was living up to its name, catching flies (or
maybe mosquitoes) from a tree above a large fallen tree beside the paved
path across from the creek. It had a white throat and breast, white wing
bars, no noticeable eye ring and a long tail that it did not wag at all.
Not a phoebe. I have a photograph of it fontally that shows its shape. Not
close enough to get a good photo but if anyone wants to see it, let me know.
The most exciting moment, however, was supplied by the adult red-shouldered
hawk that drew my attention by flying up from beside the creek to a tree
limb where it dined on something small, then perched for a while, allowing
me to photograph it also from a distance. I could see it clearly but the
photos are a little blurry. Just gorgeous - bright red breast with
squiggly, narrow, black vertical stripes, black tip on bill, bold white
spots on wings, yellow legs -- really colorful.
Birds seen/heard:
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker
Willow/Alder Flycatcher
Blue Jay - many
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Hooded Warbler - 2, adult & imm. female
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle - 60+
House Finch
Butterflies I managed to ID:
red spotted purple
pearly crescentspot (I think)
tiger swallowtail
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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