FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] new Gr. Blue Heron nests , etc., at Kingsport

["Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2 May 2005
Kingsport

Great Blue Heron:  2 newly built nests with birds on them, at the island
just below Netherland Inn (these were not there during winter).

Black-cr. Night-Heron:  5 below Ft. Henry Dam & 4 below Boone Dam  (no
evidence of nesting, but I'd bet they are nearby).

Yellow-cr. Night-Heron:  8 occupied nests on the greenbelt at Am. Way
(others may have been hidden behind foliage).

Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 1 ad.  - at confluence of N / S forks of Holston River.

Red-shld. Hawk:  1 ad. at nest  (Am. Way).

swallows:  1500+ on river --  mostly Barns, but lots of Tree, Cliff, &
Rough-wg., plus 10+ Bank.

Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1  (getting late)
Baltimore Oriole - 2
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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