[TN-Bird] School House Gap/Alum Cave Trail
- From: "Mike Nelson" <madbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 07:03:30 -0700
05/11/08 Sevier County Great Smoky Mtns. N.P. Despite the poor weather
conditions predicted I decided to go do some birding in the smokies. Though
there were some windy areas most of the day was spent in relative sunshine
with one rainy period. I had set some targets and wanted to check different
altitudes so hiked two different trails. I arrived at School House Gap
Trail at 8:50 and hiked into the White Oak Sinks (a manway leads off the
trail on the left just past the Turkey Pen Gap trail sign). From the car
parkI had: Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Acadian Flycatcher This
trail is good for Louisiana Waterthrush as a small creek runs beside the
trail and 15 feet in I had two scatter from trail side and one begin
singing.I spent about one and half hours slowly hiking into white oak sinks
and back: Scarlet Tanager 3 Acadian Flycatcher 7 Eastern Phoebe 1 Wood
Thrush 2 Worm-eating Warbler 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Hooded Warbler 3
Northern Parula 1 Black &White Warbler 6 Red-eyed Vireo 3 It was a bit
cool and windy with loads of leaf litter from the hail the night before
scattered on the trail. I drove to Alum Cave Trail arriving at 11:00 and
hiked up to Duck Hawk Ridge, the hail and downed branches seemed worse here
and the trial was very chopped up and muddy. There were plenty of birds
around though. Most within close range and some at arms length. I left here
at 2:15 with birds still calling. Black-throated Blue-Warbler at least
10pairs, males singing everywhere. Canada Warbler 15 + again singing males
everywhere. Winter Wren at least 5 siniging Blue-headed Vireo 3 Brown
Creeper1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Black-throated Green-warbler 4 Veery 1
Black-capped Chickadee X ( very deep calls and black bib almost into the cap
and scruffy at base) could be a cross. Dark-eyed Junco 6
Cheers
Mike Nelson Knoxville, Tn madbirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx[1]
Cheers
Mike Nelson
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