FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Waders and others--recent observations (northeast TN)

[Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>]

July 1-23, 2006

Locations visited--

CARTER COUNTY: Elizabethton

COCKE COUNTY: Rankin Bottoms (RB) and vicinity

GREENE COUNTY: Joachime Bible Refuge unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife 
Management Area (JBR); Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC); numerous 
other sites, mostly near Greeneville and Tusculum

HAMBLEN COUNTY: Douglas Lake shoreline along Leeper's Ferry Road about a 
quarter mile from the mouth of the Nolichuckey River (DL); Bent Creek 
Road and numerous other roads south of Morristown

HAWKINS COUNTY: Cherokee Lake shoreline along Old Highway 70 (CL)

JEFFERSON COUNTY: White Pine and Leadvale

JOHNSON COUNTY: Highway 321 (between Carter Co., TN and Avery Co., NC)

SULLIVAN COUNTY: Kingsport

WASHINGTON COUNTY: Limestone/Telford area

Notable observations from the last three weeks include the following--

Northern Bobwhite
1-6 in Greene Co. on July 1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 20, 22-23;
2 in Hamblen Co. on July 10;
1 in Cocke Co. on July 23

Double-crested Cormorant
2 on Holston River in Kingsport on July 4;
1 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 17;
1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23;
23 in Cocke Co. on July 23

Great Egret
1-2 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 8, 17;
2 at WMDC on July 22;
15 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23;
12 at RB on July 23

Little Blue Heron
1 immature in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 17;
8 immatures and 1 adult in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23

Cattle Egret
1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23

Osprey
1 in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23;
2 at RB on July 23

Bald Eagle
1 immature in Hamblen Co. (DL) on July 23

Cooper's Hawk
1 in Jefferson Co. on July 23

Greater Yellowlegs
1 at WMDC on July 22

Eurasian Collared-Dove
1-4 adjacent to West Greene High School, Greene Co. on July 8, 10, 22-23

Barn Owl
1-2 at intersection of Central Street and Gilland Street in Tusculum, 
Greene Co. on July 3, 8

Eastern Screech-Owl
1 in Greeneville on July 13

Red-headed Woodpecker
1 at intersection of Highway 70 and Dolittle Road, Greene Co. on July 8

Eastern Kingbird
1 albinistic/leucistic bird at 1892 Shiloh Road, Greene Co. on July 2; 
this is the same bird reported in my post of June 9, 2006

Loggerhead Shrike
1 on C.M. Jones Road 0.1 mile from Holly Creek Road, Greene Co. on July 22

Warbling Vireo
2 at Bush Hog Boulevard pond and vicinity, Washington Co. on July 4

Bank Swallow
1-50+ in Greene Co. on July 1, 22

Cliff Swallow
1 in Hawkins Co. (CL) on July 8;
10+ in Elizabethton on July 9;
5 in Washington Co. (Limestone) on July 16;
75+ in Cocke Co. on July 23

Common Raven
2 in Johnson Co. on July 9

Prairie Warbler
1 in Hamblen Co. on July 10

Worm-eating Warbler
1 in Johnson Co. on July 9

Blue Grosbeak
13 in Hamblen Co. on July 10

Dickcissel
1 at JBR on July 1

Savannah Sparrow
1 in Greene Co. on July 1, 7

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN


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