[TN-Bird] migrant overload - Knox

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To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 10:43:27 -0400 (EDT)
VERY active morning in the yard.  One of the first birds seen when I 
stepped out on the deck for breakfast at 7:30 was an American Redstart.  
Several of the more uncommon residents (Hairy WP, Cedar Waxwing, RW 
Blackbird) paid a visit, then the gates opened.  Started with a good 
variety of warblers but later turned into overload of TN, Chestnut-sided, 
Magnolia, and BG Gnatcatchers.  Birds were constantly moving along the 
ridge so numbers were difficult to gage.  Several times I had 5 or more 
birds in a single tree and 3 species in a single binocular view.  Ended 
the morning with 39 species including 9 warblers, 2 vireos, 1 tanager.  

In terms of historic perspective for the yard, migration seems a bit early 
with good numbers appearing earlier.  For example, 39 species in a single 
day is a big outlier in the data, and I have to go to 16 Sept to get a 
comparable single-day species total (40).  I also added 7 species that I 
had not seen on this date in the 11 years I've lived here.  However, none 
of those were new early arrival dates.


Highlights (all from our yard and woods on Black Oak Ridge in west Knox Co 
on 5 Sept):

Common Nighthawk, 1 (I've had about 10-15 each of the last 3 nights)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 6+ including at least 1 adult male
Eastern Wood-Pewee, 3-5

Yellow-throated Vireo, 1 seen and heard singing
Red-eyed Vireo, 2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 10+

Blue-winged Warbler, 1-2
Tennessee Warbler, 10+
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 10+
Magnolia Warbler, 10+
Black-throated Green Warbler, 1-2
Blackburnian Warbler, 2
Yellow-throated Warbler, 1
Black-and-white Warbler, 1-2
American Redstart, 10+

Scarlet Tanager, 1



Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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