[TN-Bird] Seven Islands, Knox County
- From: JGIOCOMO@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:23:15 EDT
We set up some mist nets to try to catch more sparrows in the restored
grasslands as a part of our ongoing research at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge
in SE
Knox County. We caught and banded 4 Swamp Sparrows and 3 Field Sparrows. We
also recaptured 2 Swamp Sparrows that were banded 3 weeks ago (which may
indicate the Swamp Sparrows are not moving north yet).
During one of the net checks we found two bright yellow birds with long black
bills and really strong feet hanging upside-down in one of our nets. They
had a little bit of white in their mostly back tail feathers. The pair was
hanging in the net about a foot apart at eye level. It looked like one was
chasing the other when they hit the nets. We carefully removed the birds from
the
net, and took them back to the banding station to compare them to the pictures
in my bird guides.
I am not accustomed to these colorful transients showing up in the nets
(Give me a "Little brown job" any day!). After thumbing through the relatively
unused warbler section in my guide, we were able to confirm we had two
Prothonotary Warblers in our bird bags. They each received their numbered
USFWS
aluminum band, and they were released to continue their journey north.
Finally, when we were closing up the nets for the day we found a single
American Goldfinch in the very bottom of one of our nets. Now there is another
yellow bird with a little aluminum band.
Other birds seen...
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Canada Goose
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Bobwhite
Purple Martin
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark (everywhere)
Red-winged Blackbirds
Jim Giocomo
Knoxville, TN
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