[TN-Bird] Seven Islands Continues to Bird Well
- From: "Morton Massey" <massey6932@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:58:09 -0400
This past Sunday, 9/28/14, Beth Schilling reported 58 species at Seven
Islands State Birding Park (Knox County). This was fall bird count day and
I know Dean Edwards and others were birding the park as well. It was
clearly the best day of fall migration with some amazing numbers of some
warblers.
Tennessee Warblers - 49
Cape May - 9
Magnolias - 30
The same day about 20 of us participated in the last scheduled banding day
led by Mark Armstrong. I think the final count was 85 birds captured of
which 5 had previously been banded. Lots of Tennessee Warblers, Indigo
Buntings, Field Sparrows and Cardinals. It was a really fun day and it was
very active from start to end.
Today, 9/30/14 I birded the park for most of the day and ended with 59
species. The number of warblers were down both in number and species but it
was still a productive day. Some of the highlights were 3 Common
Nighthawks, 2 Great Horned Owls singing midday, a Black-crowned Night Heron
along the river, 9 warblers and a lone Chipping Sparrow.
Morton Massey
Knoxville, TN
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