FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Herndon Bird Hike at Sycamore Shoals for IMBD

[AHoodedWarbler@xxxxxxx]

On Saturday, May 14, in conjunction with International Migratory Bird Day, 
the Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS hosted a bird walk at Sycamore Shoals 
State Park, Elizabethton, Carter Co., TN.
The walk, led by Bryan Stevens, was held from 8-10:30 a.m. Attending were 
Yvette Fuller, Jacki Hinshaw, Pat Walls, David Thometz and Brookie and Jean 
Potter.

Highlights included male, female and first-year male Orchard Orioles, a male 
Baltimore Oriole, two Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Gray Catbird, American Redstart, 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Red-eyed Vireos, White-eyed Vireo and a perched, 
calling Eastern Wood-Pewee.

Thanks to a spotting scope provided by the Potters, walk participants enjoyed 
fantastic looks at the Eastern Wood-Pewee, a Northern Flicker and some other 
birds.

The scope also came in very useful when we visited one of the nests of the 
Yellow-crowned Night-Herons. We found a single heron standing vigil on the 
nest, 
and everyone got great looks through the scope at the bird.

We didn't see a wide range of bird species, but participants enjoyed some 
quality observations of some often hard-to-observe birds.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN



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