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[Bristol-Birds] Re: TOS Weekend Compilation (NE Tennessee/SW Virginia)

  • From: <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:32:46 -0400
Wouldn't you know it...I  forgot Killdeer.  The total is still 121.  The 
corrected list appears below.

Sorry :)

Rob

Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN

---- merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> Here is the compilation for the TOS Meeting weekend in Northeast Tennessee.  
> The birders fanned out into 2 states (NE TN and SW VA) for 2 days and found 
> 121 species of birds.  They were treated to a combined 25 Warbler Species, 3 
> Vireo Species, 6 Thrush Species, 8 Blackbird Species, and 3 rail species as 
> highlights.  
> 
> Individual Highlights include: Virginia Rail at Steele Creek Park from Larry 
> McDaniel (et al) which was a park record for the city park in Bristol and a 
> Broad-winged Hawk sitting on its nest; 2 Virginia Rail and 1 Sora from Rick 
> Knight (et al) out of Quarry Bog in Shady Valley, the Shady Valley groups 
> also has a Swainson's Warbler with great views courtesy of Ron Hoff's scope;  
> Dick Peak saw a Evening Grosbeak fly across HWY 603 in the Laurel Vally 
> Community of White Top; the Roan Mountain group got nice looks at a Pine 
> Siskin nest, a Brown Creeper with nesting material in its mouth (note: I 
> think the tree in question for a possible nest was just inside North Carolina 
> on the road to the Rhododendron Gardens), and a Broad-winged Hawk flying over 
> Round Bald (above Carver's Gap) with a snake in its talons.   I included a 
> Nighthawk that I saw at my apartment in Elizabethton, TN,  as I was leaving 
> to go to Roan Mountain to meet the group there on Sunday.  
> 
> The complete list below with a legend showing dates and abbreviations for 
> places the birds were seen.  Great weekend!
> 
> W - White Top Mountain, VA (5/5/07),Ron Harrington and Dick Peak, 64 Species
> R - Roan Mountain, TN (5/6/07), Rob Biller and Larry McDaniel, 70 Species
> SH - Shady Valley, TN (5/5-6/07), Rick Knight, 69 Species
> ST - Steele Creek Park (5/5/07), Larry McDaniel, 57 Species + Cuckoo (sp)
> C- Clinch Mountain (5/5-6/07), Dave Worley, 55 Species
> SU - Sugar Hollow and Sugar Hollow Wetland Trail, Bill Grigsby, Rob Biller, 
> Larry McDaniel, + Various 
> 
> 1.    Canada Goose (W, SH, ST, SU)
> 2.    Wood Duck (SH, C)
> 3.    Mallard (W, SH, ST, SU)
> 4.    Blue-winged Teal (SH)
> 5.    Ruffed Grouse (R)
> 6.    Wild Turkey (C)
> 7.    Great Blue Heron (SH, ST, C)
> 8.    Green Heron (SU)
> 9.    Black Vulture (SH, C)
> 10.  Turkey Vulture (W, SH, C)
> 11.  Osprey (SU)
> 12.  Cooper's Hawk (W)
> 13.  Broad-winged Hawk (R, C)
> 14.  Red-tailed Hawk (R, SH, ST, C)
> 15.  Merlin (C)
> 16.  Virginia Rail (SH, ST) - Park Record at Steele Creek in Bristol, TN
> 17.  Sora (SH)
> 18.  American Coot (C)
> 19.  Killdeer
> 20.  Solitary Sandpiper (SH)
> 21.  Spotted Sandpiper (R, ST, C)
> 22.  Least Sandpiper (SH)
> 23.  Wilson's Snipe (SH)
> 24.  Forster's Tern (C)
> 25.  Rock Pigeon (SH)
> 26.  Mourning Dove (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 26.5   Cuckoo sp.  (ST)
> 27.  Eastern Screech Owl (ST)
> 28.  Common Nighthawk (Elizabethton - as the compiler left for Roan MT)
> 29.  Chimney Swift (W, R, SH, ST)
> 30.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 31.  Belted Kingfisher (W, SH)
> 32.  Red-bellied Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
> 33.  Downy Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
> 34.  Hairy Woodpecker ( W, R)
> 35.  Northern Flicker (W, R)
> 36.  Pileated Woodpecker (R, SH, ST, C)
> 37.  Acadian Flycatcher (ST)
> 38.  Least Flycatcher (W, R, C)
> 39.  Eastern Phoebe (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 40.  Great-crested Flycatcher (W, SU)
> 41.  Eastern Kingbird (C, SU)
> 42.  Yellow-throated Vireo (ST)
> 43.  Blue-headed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST)
> 44.  Red-eyed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 45.  Blue Jay (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 46.  American Crow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 47.  Common Raven (R)
> 48.  Tree Swallow (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 49.  Northern Rough-winged Swallow (R, SH, ST, C)
> 50.  Barn Swallow (W, R, SH, C, SU)
> 51.  Carolina Chickadee (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 52.  Tufted Titmouse (R, SH, ST, C)
> 53.  Red-breasted Nuthatch (W, R)
> 54.  White-breasted Nuthatch (W, SH)
> 55.  Brown Creeper (R) Nesting Material in mouth, Just in North Carolina
> 56.  Carolina Wren (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 57.  House Wren (W, R, SH, SU)
> 58.  Winter Wren (W, R)
> 59.  Golden-crowned Kinglet (W, R, SH)
> 60.  Ruby-crowned Kinglet (W, R)
> 61.  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 62.  Eastern Bluebird (W, SH)
> 63.  Veery (W, R, C)
> 64.  Swainson's Thrush (ST, SU)
> 65.  Hermit Thrush (W)
> 66.  Wood Thrush (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 67.  American Robin (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 68.  Gray Catbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 69.  Northern Mockingbird (R, SH)
> 70.  Brown Thrasher (SH, C)
> 71.  European Starling (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 72.  Blue-winged Warbler (R, C)
> 73.  Golden-winged Warbler (R, C)
> 74.  Tennessee Warbler (W, ST)
> 75.  Northern Parula (W, R, SH)
> 76.  Yellow Warbler (W, R, ST, C, SU)
> 77.  Chestnut-sided Warbler (W, R, C)
> 78.  Magnolia Warbler (ST, C)
> 79.  Black-throated Blue Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 80.  Yellow-rumped Warbler [Myrtle] (R, SH)
> 81.  Black-throated Green Warbler (W,R, SH, ST, C)
> 82.  Blackburnian Warbler (W, R, ST)
> 83.  Yellow-throated Warbler (SU)
> 84.  Pine Warbler (SH)
> 85.  Blackpoll Warbler (SU)
> 86.  Black and White Warbler (W, R, SH)
> 87.  American Redstart (R, C)
> 88.  Worm-eating Warbler (ST)
> 89.  Swainson's Warbler (SH)
> 90.  Ovenbird (W, R, ST, C, SU)
> 91.  Louisana Waterthrush
> 92.  Kentucky Warbler (ST)
> 93.  Common Yellowthroat (R, SH, C, SU)
> 94.  Hooded Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 95.  Canada Warbler (W, R, SH, C)
> 96.  Yellow-breasted Chat (R, C)
> 97.  Summer Tanager (R, ST)
> 98.  Scarlet Tanager (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 99.  Eastern Towhee (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 100. Chipping Sparrow (W, R, SH)
> 101. Field Sparrow (W, R, ST, C)
> 102. Savannah Sparrow (SH, R) - next to 5512' Sign at Carver's Gap
> 103. Song Sparrow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 104. White-throated Sparrow (ST)
> 105. Dark-eyed Junco (W, R, SH)
> 106. Northern Cardinal (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 107. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 108. Indigo Bunting (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 109. Bobolink (SH)
> 110. Red-winged Blackbird (W, SH, ST, C)
> 111. Eastern Meadowlark (SH)
> 112. Rusty Blackbird (SU - singing)
> 113. Common Grackle (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 114. Brown-headed Cowbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 115. Orchard Oriole (SH)
> 116. Baltimore Oriole (C, SU)
> 117. House Finch (W)
> 118. Pine Siskin (R) - Nest Located @ Hummingbird Hill
> 119. American Goldfinch (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 120. Evening Grosbeak ( W - Dick Peak) 
> 121. House Sparrow (W, SH) 
> _____________________________
>   
> Rob Biller
> Elizabethton, TN
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