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["Troy Evans" <chillyweather@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

   I spent some time out in the Cove today, and stopped by a few places for 
a little birding.  It was beautiful sunny day out, but the strong wind made 
things very chilly!   Here's a list of what I saw...

       Water Treatment Ponds and surrounding fields:

                9 Redheads
                25 Bufflehead
                20 Canada Geese
                9 Mallards
                6 Killdeeer
                4 Wilson's Snipe
                1 Hairy Woodpecker
                1 Belted Kingfisher
                5 Song Sparrows
                20 + Meadowlark
                20 + Bluebird
                2 Eastern Phoebe
                1 tufted titmouse
                1 Carolina Chickadee
                 Tons of Robins
                  Tons of Crows

   Hyatt Lane/ Increase Fields:
                  6 Killdeer
                  Tons of Robins, Crows, Meadowlark, and Bluebirds
                   1 American Kestrel
                   1 Cooper's Hawk
                   2 Carolina Wrens
    Old field, opposite of Abram's Falls trailhead:
                  1 Red-shouldered Hawk
                  1 Cooper's Hawk  (flushed out of the field by a coyote)
                  20+ Swamp Sparrows
                  25+ Song Sparrows




          Troy Evans
            volunteer, Great Smoky Mountains NP


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