FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Birding in Moore & Coffee Counties

[Laura Jennings McCall <lmccall@xxxxxxxx>]

Ruth Luckado and I birded the Cumberland Springs and Turkey Creek areas 
in Moore County and the Tullahoma Airport in Coffee County today 
(4/6/07).  At Cumberland Springs we saw a Barred Owl, a Broad-winged 
Hawk, a singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet, several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 
and Northern Parulas, and a Louisiana Waterthrush.  In the Turkey Creek 
area (near Tims Ford Lake), we had a Northern Bobwhite, White-eyed 
Vireo, a couple of Nashville Warblers, and an Indigo Bunting.  At the 
Tullahoma Airport, we had a Chimney Swift, a couple of Barn Swallows, 
and several Purple Martins.

On a rather comical note, we watched a Carolina Chickadee salvage fur 
from a road-killed possum (presumably for a nest).  The little bird was 
really struggling to pluck as much fur from that carcass as 
possible--and it did get quite a mouthful.  Nature is 
resourceful--after all, why should all that perfectly good hair go to 
waste?

Species list for the day:
Canada Goose
Wild Turkey (Cumberland Springs)
N. Bobwhite
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
BW Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel (the folks at the airport say they're nesting there)
Killdeer
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
N. Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
E. Bluebird
Am. Robin
N. Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Eur. Starling
Nashville Warbler
N. Parula
La. Waterthrush
E. Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
RW Blackbird
E. Meadowlark
BH Cowbird
Am Goldfinch

Total Species: 46

Laura McCall
Lynchburg, TN (Moore County)

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