FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Freel's Bend

[JGIOCOMO@xxxxxxx]

We visited Freel's Bend on the clinch river south of Oak Ridge, TN on the 
mornings of April 7 and 8 with the bird class from UT Knoxville.  We found 41 
species including a few new warblers like Prairie Warbler and Common 
Yellowthroat.  We also had an excellent view of a Merlin feeding on what looked 
like an American Goldfinch.  Other species are listed below...

Canada Goose 
Wood Duck 
Great Blue Heron 
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Merlin
Wild Turkey 
Northern Bobwhite 
Mourning Dove 
Belted Kingfisher 
Downy Woodpecker  
Eastern Phoebe 
Blue Jay 
American Crow 
Tree Swallow 
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee 
Tufted Titmouse 
Carolina Wren 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
American Robin 
Northern Mockingbird 
Brown Thrasher  
Yellow-throated Vireo 
White-eyed Vireo
Common Yellow-throat 
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Eastern Towhee 
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow 
Field Sparrow 
Northern Cardinal 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
American Goldfinch 


Jim Giocomo
Knoxville, TN
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