FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Bird Report - 3/19/05 - Washington, Greene, Cocke Counties

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Bird Report for Saturday, March 19, 2005 
Reported by Rob Biller 
Observer: Rob Biller 
Area Reported:  
Keebler Rd (KBLR) [Washington County] 
Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-38â??00â??W* 
Davey Crockett Birthplace State Park (DCBSP) â?? [Washington/Greene  County] 
Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-40â??00â??W* 
Rankin Wildlife Management Area (RWMA) [Cocke County]  
Lat 36-03â??-00â??N, 83-13â??-00â??W* 
Toby Rd [Greene County]  
Lat 36-09â??-00â??N, Long  83-07â??-00â??W* 
West Greene High School [Greene County]  
Lat 36-12â??-30â??N, Long 82-40â??-00â??W* 
Corby Bridge Rd (CBRD)[Washington County] 
Sand Bar Rd â?? [Greene County] 
Hwy 160 â?? [Cocke County] 
Weather â?? Partly Cloudy, start, Upper 20s Lower 30s(morning) to Mostly  
Cloudy Upper 50s (afternoon) 
Species List w/ Notes 
Canada Goose (CBRD) 
Wood Duck (DCBSP) 
Mallard (KBLR) â?? in flight 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL (RWMA) 
Wild Turkey â?? 2 (In field along Hwy 160, Cocke County) 
Turkey Vulture (DCBSP) 
BALD EAGLE (RWMA) â?? immature 
Red-tailed Hawk (DCBSP) â?? unusually light 
American Kestrel (Sand Bar Rd) 
Killdeer (DCBSP) 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (RWMA) â?? 3 
Least Sandpiper (RWMA)  ~14 
Pectoral Sandpiper (RWMA) ~18 
Wilsonâ??s Snipe (Toby Rd) â?? Extra large group of Wilsonâ??s Snipe on Toby Rd 
 
made them, err, wellâ?¦Common. ;)  Total Snipe = 55 (along on small stretch of 
a 
partially flooded  field). 
Rock Pigeon (KBLR) 
EURASIAN-COLLARED DOVE (West Greene High School) â?? 7 
Mourning Dove (CBRD) 
Belted Kingfisther (Greene County) 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (KBLR) â?? I have had a good run of Red-headed  
Woodpeckers since December of 2004.  This is my third sighting in the third 
different 
county. (Sullivan,  Carter, and now Washington) ** 
Red-bellied Woodpecker (DCBSP) 
Downy Woodpecker (DCBSP) 
Northern Flicker (DCBSP) 
Eastern Phoebe (Sand Bar Rd) 
Blue Jay (CBRD) 
American Crow (CBRD) 
Tree Swallow (CBRD) 
Carolina Chickadee (DCBSP) 
Tufted Titmouse (DCBSP) 
Carolina Wren (DCBSP) 
Eastern Bluebird (CBRD) 
Northern Mockingbird (DCBSP) 
European Starling (KBLR) 
American Pipit ~ 3 (RWMA) 
Eastern Towhee (DCBSP) 
Field Sparrow (DCBSP) 
Savannah Sparrow (DCBSP) 
Song Sparrow (DCBSP) 
White-throated Sparrow (DCBSP) 
Dark-eyed Junco (DCBSP) 
Northern Cardinal (CBRD) 
Red-winged Blackbird (CBRD) 
Eastern Meadowlark (CBRD) 
Common Grackle (CBRD) 
American Goldfinch (CBRD) 
House  Sparrow  (CBRD) 
*Lat and Long are approximates that have been  picked out of Delormeâ??s 
Tennessee Atlas and Gazateer.
 
**Red-headed Woodpecker found on Keebler Road near  the red barn on the west 
end (near Davey Crockett Park Road).  It was  observed flying back and forth 
between 2 power poles, down to the  field, back to the pole, and then to the 
nearby tree.  
Rob Biller 
Elizabethton, TN

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