FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Greene Co., TN Rusty Blackbirds

[Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx]

Tuesday, March 18, 2003, between 4pm and 6pm, I birded along roads just west 
of the Walmart Distribution Center in western Greene Co.  On Pottertown Rd. 
in a shrubby wet field I saw a flock of around 150 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS before a 
COOPER'S HAWK rousted them.  Several other smaller groups of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS 
were seen as I drove on.  Finally I encountered a flock of about 300 RUSTY 
BLACKBIRDS on Hwy. 348 just east of the intersection with Mohawk Rd., 
(including one piebald albino female) for a total of approximately 500 for 
the afternoon.  Other birds around the wet field beside Hwy. 348 included my 
first BARN SWALLOW of the year, a WILSON'S SNIPE that flew in and landed, and 
three NORTHERN HARRIERS flying through at low and medium heights as if 
hunting, but all together.  Also seen along Green Rd. were two NORTHERN 
SHOVELERS, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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