[Bristol-Birds] Great Day in Hawkins County

[JPMOYLE18@xxxxxxx]

The BBC field day in Hawkins County was a wonderful success!  Susan and Mike 
Hubley were great hosts for 20 BBC members and friends.  Their beautiful home 
is situated along the edge of John Sevier Lake with good views and shorefront. 
 In the morning, the group broke into three parties with one going to bird 
near the dam and steam plant, a second went to the Clinch River for nesting 
Bald 
Eagles, and the third group took a boat trip up the lake to bird an island 
and portions of the shore.  After a lunch of pork barbecue, baked beans, potato 
salad, cole slaw and banana pudding, we switched groups.  The end result was 
that everyone was able to experience all three outings.  The Hubleys were 
wonderful hosts and had everything planned perfectly for a great experience!  
Thank 
you!  Thank you! Thank you!
List of birds seen by the party as a whole (If I leave any out, feel free to 
post them!):
Wood Duck, Mallard, Bobwhite, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron and 
young on nests, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron (nesting), Black 
Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle and eaglet/s, Broad-winged Hawk, 
Red-tailed Hawk, Common Moorhen, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, 
Rock 
Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted 
Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, 
Eastern 
Phoebe, Eastern Kingbirds and nest, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, 
Purple Martin colony,  Tree Swallows nesting, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow 
colony, Caroliona Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray 
Gnatcatcher, 
Eastern Bluebird nesting, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, 
European Starling, Cedar Waxwing flock, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, 
Prairie Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler (great looks), Common Yellowthroat, 
Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, 
Song 
Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting (many), Red-winged Blackbird, 
Eastern 
Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore 
Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch. 
John Moyle        Glen Alpine Road           Kingsport      


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