[TN-Bird] Knoxville - Sharp's Ridge & Third Creek
- From: "Andrew Core" <andrewcore@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:14:36 -0400
Hello,
I visited Sharp's Ridge and the Third Creek Greenway in Knoxville today, and
had a good mix of continuing winter birds and new arrivals. On Sharp's
Ridge I encountered 5 Black-throated Green, 3 Yellow-throated and 3
Black-and-White Warblers, 3 Blue-headed Vireos, and 4 Blue-gray
Gnatcatchers. I also had 2 Brown Creepers, and a Winter Wren singing by the
old fire tower.
Along Third Creek I saw another Yellow-throated Warbler, a B&W Warbler, two
Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Northern Parula (singing two different versions of
his song), another Blue-headed Vireo, and at least 5 B-g Gnatcatchers. An
Osprey and 3 Ring-billed Gulls flew over, and a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks
seem to be setting up shop near the bridge behind Laurel Church of Christ.
A Brown Creeper and a beautiful male Purple Finch were near an old
canebrake.
25 species on Sharp's Ridge and 38 along Third Creek, with 5 species of
warblers for the day.
In the "other sightings" category, there were about 6-7 cars slowly driving
up and down the road along Sharp's Ridge, despite the "No Cruising" signs.
There were several other signs of use/misuse. It's been a while (10+ years)
since I've been up there, and I was a bit unsettled by how obvious and
blatant the unsavory element is relative to years past. Comments?
Good birding-
Andrew
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Andrew Core
Tucson, AZ (currently Knoxville, TN)
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