[TN-Bird] Rutherford County Birding (Murfreesboro and Eagleville)
- From: "Chloe Walker" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "chloebelle119@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: TN-Birds Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 17:54:16 -0700
We did another count of Common Nighthawks from our house yesterday (9-6-14). We
counted 96 South-bound birds. Also of note was a fly-over Black-crowned
Night-Heron, our 118th yard bird.
Today (9-7-14) at our house, we were treated to several Tennessee Warblers and
also a thrush - most likely a Swainson's but I didn't get a very decent look.
This evening we only counted 24 nighthawks, about evenly divided between North-
and South-bound birds. So...we've totaled 1,126 migrating CONI's since 9-3-14!
A brief stop at the Discovery Center Wetlands in Murfreesboro this afternoon
produced two Yellow-crowned Night-Herons. We did not find any passerine
migrants here.
Finally we checked the sod fields in Eagleville to see if any different
shorebirds had dropped in. Well, instead of 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, there
were 10, plus the continuing Ruddy Turnstone and American Golden-Plovers. A
very big surprise was an early Wilson's Snipe which flew in, disappeared, then
was seen flying again towards Swamp Road.
Fingers crossed for an even better day tomorrow...
Chloe Walker
Murfreesboro, TN
( http://www.chloesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/ )
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