[TN-Bird] Percy Priest dog trial area this morning / MTSU ponds
- From: "Daniel B. Estabrooks" <dbe2g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:59:29 +0000
Percy Priest WMA, Dog Trial Area / MTSU ponds
8/3/12
Rutherford County
Had a fine morning of birding at the dog trial grounds. No shorebirds (of
course), although the habitat is starting to look pretty good. The ponds are
all weedy, but the water is about 6 inches deep or so in most of them. Anyway,
the shorebirds may not have come out, but everything else did, and lots of
birds were singing all over the area. Almost felt like spring migration, minus
the warblers. (Actually, strike that. This is Rutherford County and we don't
have any warblers, so we'll just say it felt like spring migration all the way
around.)
I also took a quick look at the MTSU ponds. The south pond is basically dry
now, but there were still two Least Sandpipers poking around in the mud and
trying to stay out of the way of the Killdeers. (I saw one run from a Killdeer,
only to nearly get trampled by a second one, at which point he gave up and flew
away.)
Full eBird list below...
Daniel Estabrooks
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J. Percy Priest WMA -- Dog Trial Area, Rutherford, US-TN
Aug 3, 2012 6:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
32 species
Northern Bobwhite 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Kingbird 6 Several different locations along the gravel roads.
White-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 10
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 30 Still lots of juveniles hanging around.
Northern Mockingbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 5 Singing at several different locations.
Indigo Bunting 15 Individuals all over the place, including a flock of 5 at
the entrance. This is a fairly conservative estimate of the total number.
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 8
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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