[TN-Bird] More Spring arrivals...
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 14:23:06 -0700 (PDT)
I was working in the bottoms in the general area near the confluence of the N.
Fork of the Forked Deer River and Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River in
western Gibson County today and added a few more first of season species.
Along Bluff Road:
White-eyed Vireo - 1 (FOS)
Fish Crow - 3
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (FOS)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (FOS)
Northern Parula - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 10 (they were all over the place!)
Macedonia Bottoms, Hwy. 104:
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (FOS)
I was able to get a closer look at the heron & egret colony here. This colony
is located near the Gibson-Dyer County line, on the north side of Hwy 104, just
east of the N. Fork of the Forked Deer River, in Gibson County. I counted at
least 50 nests and I feel like there were probably still a few that I could not
see due to the distance and trees in the way. Once the deciduous trees all leaf
out it will be extremely difficult to see the majority of the nests. Of the
nests that I could see clearly, about 60% were Great Egret and about 40% were
Great Blue Heron. There were many squabbles going on between the different
nests and between the 2 species. I saw several individuals of both species
bringing sticks into the colony to add to the nests. Also in the general
vicinity of the colony, I saw 3 Double-crested Cormorants sitting in a
Baldcypress tree. The tree that they were sitting in did not contain any nests
but it was just a few feet away from other
trees that did contain nests. There were also a couple of Great Blue Herons
sitting in the same tree with the cormorants.
I also had my FOS Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my house in Gibson County this
morning.
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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