FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Re: [TN-Bird] Swallows, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

["Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Many thanks to Don Miller for sharing his vast knowledge of Greene County
and its birds.  It was a splendid outing for us, too.

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

> [Original Message]
> From: Donald Miller <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Bristol-birds
<bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/21/2007 7:51:39 PM
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Swallows, etc. (Greene Co., TN)
>
> July 21, 2007
> western Greene County, including Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), the
Joachime Bible Refuge unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area
(JBR), and numerous back roads in Midway, Mohawk, and Warrensburg
>
> observers: Virginia Fairchild, Rick Knight, Cathey Love, Don Miller
>
> time spent: about 6.5 hours
>
> A good day, with 60+ species of birds, 20 species of butterflies, and
various other critters.  Highlights included
>
> Northern Bobwhite
> Great Egret (6 WMDC)
> Green Heron (2 WMDC)
> Red-tailed Hawk (5)
> Solitary Sandpiper (3)
> Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School)
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo
> Eastern Screech-Owl (Little Warrensburg Road)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2)
> Red-headed Woodpecker (4 adults and 4 juveniles on Green Road)
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (2)
> Great Crested Flycatcher
> Eastern Kingbird (13)
> White-eyed Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo
> Purple Martin (3)
> Tree Swallow (96)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (at least 2)
> Bank Swallow (834+, mostly in two large flocks on wires at JBR and nearby)
> Cliff Swallow (5)
> Barn Swallow (78)
> uncounted swallows (many dozen)
> Wood Thrush (2 on Oakwood Road)
> Kentucky Warbler (2 on Oakwood Road)
> Common Yellowthroat (20)
> Summer Tanager (4)
> Scarlet Tanager
> Chipping Sparrow (3)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (2)
> Blue Grosbeak (at least 10)
> Indigo Bunting (58)
>
> Butterflies (complete list):
>
> Spicebush Swallowtail
> Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Little Yellow (JBR)
> Gray Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed-Blue 
> American Snout, Variegated Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, , Question Mark,
Red Admiral, Common Buckeye, Red-spotted Purple, Hackberry Emperor,
Carolina Satyr, Monarch
> Silver-spotted Skipper, Clouded Skipper (WMDC), Sachem
>
> Raccoon (3 JBR)
>
> ticks: 1 or 2 :)
>
> Thanks, Virginia, Cathey, and Rick, for inviting me along on your Greene
County trip.  I had a splendid time.
>
> Don Miller
> Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
>
> pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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