[TN-Bird] Murfree Spring Wetland - Waxwings!
- From: Daniel Estabrooks <hyla514@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:17:09 -0800 (PST)
Murfree Spring Wetland
11/12/11
Rutherford Co.
After literally not seeing a bird for the first 10 minutes, I was prepared to
just write it off as one of those barren winter days, but then things started
to pick up and I ended up with a decent list (attached below). The highlight
was a small horde of Cedar Waxwings. I've always thought waxwings are a little
creepy when they're not foraging. They always seem to find the deadest-looking
tree, and then they each pick out the very top of a branch and just sit there
and stare into space like guardian spirits or something.
In any case, there was one humorous story that I'd like to share. I was
watching a Yellow-rumped Warbler, and there was an older man with two little
girls (grandchildren, I assume) about 50 feet away from me. Suddenly the
warbler flew over and landed in a bush no more than 4 feet away from one of the
girls. She immediately exclaimed, "Hey! Look at that bird! What is it???" The
grandfather responded, "Um... that's a chickadee... or a towhee... or
something." I was trying very hard not to crack up since they were close enough
to me that they would have seen it :-P
Daniel
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Subject: eBird Report - Discovery Wetlands, Nov 12, 2011
Discovery Wetlands, Rutherford, US-TN
Nov 12, 2011 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
24 species
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 8
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 4
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 30
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 32
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 10
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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