FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] GBBC 02/16: Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery & Cove Lake SP

["Angela Hoffman" <ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We visited both Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery (Clinton, Anderson Co.) and Cove
Lake State Park (Caryville, Campbell Co.) this afternoon as part of the
Great Backyard Bird Count.  Highlights included 9 active Great Blue Heron
nests at the fish hatchery, along with 1 Wilson's Snipe, and then 3 Gadwall
and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch at Cove Lake. 

Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery
Clinton, Anderson County, TN
Observation Date: FEB 16, 2008
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Total Birding Time: 45 minutes
Checklist:
        Canada Goose - 32
        Mallard - 21
        Bufflehead - 25
        Great Blue Heron - 17 (including 9 active nests)
        Killdeer - 7
        Wilson's Snipe - 1
        Rock Pigeon - 47
        Belted Kingfisher - 1
        Blue Jay - 1
        American Crow - 7
        Carolina Chickadee - 2
        Tufted Titmouse - 1
        Carolina Wren - 1
        Eastern Bluebird - 5
        American Robin - 2
        European Starling - 15
        Song Sparrow - 2
        Northern Cardinal - 2

Cove Lake State Park
Caryville, Campbell County, TN
Observation Date: FEB 16, 2008
Start Time: 3:45 PM
Total Birding Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Checklist:
        Canada Goose - 27
        Gadwall - 3
        Mallard - 27
        Great Blue Heron - 1
        Black Vulture - 3
        Turkey Vulture - 2
        Ring-billed Gull - 3
        Belted Kingfisher - 1
        Downy Woodpecker - 1
        Blue Jay - 1
        American Crow - 7
        Carolina Chickadee - 8
        Tufted Titmouse - 1
        Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
        Carolina Wren - 1
        Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
        Song Sparrow - 2
        White-throated Sparrow - 3

Good birding,

Angela Hoffman & Seth McConchie
Oak Ridge, TN
ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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