[TN-Bird] Knoxville area migrants on Sunday: Philadelphia Vireo, Lincoln's Sparrow, Red-headed Woodpecker

From: "Welsh, Christopher J E" <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:39:18 +0000
There seemed to be a big push of migrants around Knoxville on Sunday September 
28th.  I was out for the Knox County fall count and saw a good variety of birds 
most places.
Highlights: Wilson's Warbler at Sequoyah Park; Philadelphia Vireo (2) and 
Lincoln's Sparrow off Lyons Bend; and Red-headed Woodpecker at Johnson 
University.

Started out walking the dogs at Sequoyah Park and had a flock of 60 or more 
Chimney Swifts buzzing over the water.  Ran into one warbler flock that 
included 3 Tennessee Warblers, a Redstart, 2 Magnolia Warblers, 3 Palm 
Warblers, and a Wilson's Warbler.

Later at home I got good looks at a Philadelphia Vireo along with another 
Redstart, a Magnolia, and a Blackburnian Warbler, plus a Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
and a Swainson's Thrush.

I spent almost 3 hrs on the Craig Cove "island" and was virtually never out of 
sight of a Magnolia Warbler.  I tried hard not to double-count and ended up 
with 14.  Really, if I was ever out of sight of one, all I had to do was wait a 
few minutes and one would pop up.  Also had another Philadelphia Vireo, 2 
Tennessee Warblers, 2 Redstarts, Common Yellowthroat, Blackburnian, and 
Chestnut-sided Warblers.  Seemed like constant activity thanks to all the 
Magnolias.  There were 5 Great Egrets in the cove.  Highlight for me, along 
with the vireo, was finding a Lincoln's Sparrow.  Took some time to get a good 
look at it, but worth the effort.  The Lincoln's was about halfway to the river 
from the 2nd trail fork along the path (the left fork at that point that goes 
straight out through the old field, nearly-chest high goldenrod, brambles, and 
shrubs on both sides of the mowed path).  

Back at home at about 2:30 the bird bath was hopping.  At one point there were 
two Tennessee Warblers and a Swainson's Thrush in the bath with a Magnolia 
Warbler, a Veery, and a Scarlet Tanager in the same binocular view waiting 
their turns.  The Scarlet Tanager was a male that was almost completely molted 
out of scarlet with just a few hints of reddish left amongst the new greenish 
feathers on its back.  I was wondering what would show up next when my dogs, 
thinking I was looking at a squirrel, dashed out of the house and scared 
everything off.

Later I was out at Johnson University and saw an adult Red-headed Woodpecker 
fly into the tree line just west of the baseball field.  Johnson University is 
not all that far as the crow (or woodpecker) flies from Seven Islands.

This was one of the better fall warbler days I've had in Knox County.

Chris Welsh
Knoxville chapter TOS
Knoxville, TN
Knox County


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