[TN-Bird] Recent Gibson County sightings
- From: "Mark Greene" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: TN-Birds Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:25:46 -0700
Below is a list of some recent sightings of interest in Gibson County:
Monday, June 30
I had a singing Lark Sparrow in my yard behind my house along a ditch bank
amongst all the Indigo Buntings, Dickcissels, and Blue Grosbeaks.
Wednesday, July 2
Macedonia Bottoms, Western Gibson County near the Dyer County line
Anhingas continue in the area of the heron & egret nesting colony. I had a male
and a female Anhinga and a single Double-crested Cormorant amongst all the
Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets going to and coming from the nesting colony.
Still several Mississippi Kites and Fish Crows around as well. There have been
up to 7 Cattle Egrets in a pasture on Old TN-104 near the area where I scope
the colony from. I also had a Sharp-shinned Hawk just west of the bottoms along
Hwy 104 in Dyer County, just west of Hooper Marsh.
Thursday, July 3
Macedonia Bottoms
I had one male Anhinga and a Double-crested Cormorant in the same area
described above.
Saturday, July 5
I located a Green Heron nest with 3 baby herons in a Sugar Maple tree in my
yard. The tree is about 20 feet off of the ground and is nowhere near any open
water. There are a few farm ponds around the area but none in the immediate
area. This is the 2nd time in 5 years that a Green Heron has nested in my yard
in the same tree!
Sunday, July 6
Mt. Orange road - 1/2 mile from my house, SW of Trenton
I had a Lark Sparrow flush from the side of the road and land in a nearby field.
Thursday, July 10
Mt. Orange Road at jct. with Hwy 54 (about a mile east of the previous location)
A Lark Sparrow flew from one side of the road and landed on the other side of
the road for a few seconds before flushing into a corn field.
Old Eaton Road, west of Trenton
A single Lark Sparrow flushed from the side of the road near the jct. of Loop
Road.
Macedonia Bottom, near Dyer County line
A female Anhinga and a Double-crested Cormorant were seen in addition to all
the Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets going to and coming from the heron &
egret nesting colony. Three people in the last 2 weeks have got their state
Anhinga for TN at this location. It should be reliable for a few more days. A
friend of mine and I are going to try to take a boat in and view the colony
sometime in the next few days. I also had a Cooper's Hawk in the bottoms today.
Several Purple Martins were also resting in a big dead Baldcypress tree in the
bottoms. A few Mississippi Kites & Fish Crows as well...
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