FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] birds at fort donelson national battlefield 9-11 april

["Stephen J. Stedman" <sstedman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Barb and I birded Fort Donelson National Battlefield,
Stewart Co., the past three days as part of a bird inventory
we have contracted to perform for the National Park Service.
We began the inventory during spring 2003 and will continue
it until spring 2005. Results of the inventory work at Fort
Donelson accomplished so far may be viewed via a link at this
website:
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/NPSBirdInventorySummary.htm

In the list below, the numbers after the species names
refer to total numbers counted in the park on 9, 10, and
11 April, respectively.

Canada Goose 2, 10, 6
Wood Duck 8, 7, 1
Pied-billed Grebe 0, 1, 0
Double-crested Cormorant 0, 120, 0
Great Blue Heron 2, 4, 3
Great Egret 1, 1, 0
Little Blue Heron 1, 0, 0
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, 0, 0
Black Vulture 0, 3, 8
Turkey Vulture 2, 2, 5
Osprey 2, 4, 1 (nest near Dover Hotel)
Bald Eagle 0, 2 (adults), 1 (immature)
Red-shouldered Hawk 1, 2, 2
Broad-winged Hawk 0, 0, 2
Killdeer 2, 2, 1
Ring-billed Gull 3, 75, 10
Rock Pigeon 0, 0, 1
Mourning Dove 4, 7, 5
Great Horned Owl 3 (1 ad., 2y), 1 (y), 1 (y)
Barred Owl 2, 0, 0
Chimney Swift 2, 6, 3
Belted Kingfisher 1, 2, 0
Red-headed Woodpecker 1, 1, 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7, 11, 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, 2, 0
Downy Woodpecker 5, 6, 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2, 0, 0
Northern Flicker 1, 0, 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3, 5, 3
Eastern Phoebe 1, 3, 1
Eastern Kingbird 0, 0, 1
White-eyed Vireo 0, 0, 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 4, 4, 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1, 1, 2
Blue Jay 5, 21, 13
American Crow 5, 7, 2
Purple Martin 3, 7, 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2, 2, 2
Cliff Swallow 10, 15, 7
Barn Swallow 1, 3, 5
Carolina Chickadee 8, 14, 8
Tufted Titmouse 15, 26, 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2, 3, 1
Carolina Wren 10, 13, 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2, 0, 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19, 7, 9
Eastern Bluebird 6, 9, 6
Hermit Thrush 2, 0, 1
Wood Thrush 0, 2, 0
American Robin 2, 6, 3
Northern Mockingbird 1, 3, 1
Brown Thrasher 3, 5, 1
European Starling 6, 3, 3
Northern Parula 10, 13, 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8, 8, 7
Yellow-throated Warbler 3, 4, 2
Pine Warbler 3, 1, 4
Black-and-white Warbler 0, 1, 0
Prothonotary Warbler 1, 2, 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 3, 2, 3
Scarlet Tanager 1, 1, 1
Eastern Towhee 5, 11, 5
Chipping Sparrow 7, 6, 6
Field Sparrow 0, 2, 1
Savannah Sparrow 2, 0, 0
Swamp Sparrow 0, 1, 0
White-throated Sparrow 5, 26, 30
Dark-eyed Junco 0, 1, 1
Northern Cardinal 9, 30, 17
Red-winged Blackbird 2, 4, 4
Common Grackle 7, 5, 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 4, 6, 3
House Finch 2, 1, 5
American Goldfinch 4, 11, 15
House Sparrow 1, 4, 1

Total Species 62, 63, 62

Notes: The two adult Bald Eagles were seen only once,
immediately after a gunshot was heard along the Cumberland
River at a point about a half a mile west of the mouth of
Hickman Creek; the eagles flew out over the river from the
south bank where a steepish bluff occurs; then one flew
back and landed in a tree a bit closer to the mouth of
Hickman Creek; the other flew north across the river
into the Barkley WMA.  The gunshot came from the
exact same area from which the eagles flew.  Given the
date, the two adult eagles might have a nest in this
area; they definitely have hostile neighbors.

Cross Creek NWR, Stewart Co., 10 April:

Gadwall 2
Northern Shoveler 3
Caspian Tern 1

Barkley WMA, Stewart Co., 10 April:

Common Yellowthroat

Boswell Landing, Stewart Co., 10 April:

Eastern Kingbird


Steve Stedman
Cookeville, TN

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