FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] GH Owl & Bald Eagle highlight Ashland City visit

[Jeannie Swant <jswant@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Super Sunday was a nice day to visit our sister at her new home in Ashland City 
and of course, look for birds at a new spot. Walking in and around her yard 
turned up a pretty nice list including 6 sparrow species plus an apparently 
aberrant Field Sparrow with a dark face and unstriped head. Looked something 
like a juvenile Redpoll without the breast streaking.  
 
A trip down Lindahl Pky included a walk out on the abandoned railroad section 
and trestle over the water (not for the faint of heart). From there a few 
ducks, geese, grebes, a flyover from a beautiful adult Bald Eagle and a 
juvenile Red-Shouldered Hawk were observed. The prize for the precarious hike 
was the discovery of a Great-Horned Owl's nest with one egg, just over the left 
side of the 2nd stone foundation in the metal beam structure. (We quickly 
retreated upon discovery.) From the Dry Fork bridge on Hwy 12, we saw the eagle 
flying, perching on brush in the water, and eventually eating after returning 
from a hunt. The ducks seemed to find the eagle most exciting and always rose 
from the water for a better look when it flew near! 
 
We are looking forward to our next visit and a chance to add to our Ashland 
City bird list.  Please don't disturb Ms. GH Owl, as the nest can best be 
observed from the Dry Fork bridge about 400yds away, left of the stone column.
 
2-3-08 Ashland City Bird List

Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
American Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird   
Dale & Jeannie Swant
Estill Springs, TN



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