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[Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

Well since our son Allan arrived on the 26th, I've not been in the
field much.  But I still manage to find some birds here and there..

at our home in south Blount County:

nests found: Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Carolina Chickadee,
House Finch, Blue Jay (good luck to all other nests) Red-bellied
Woodpecker.  Bluebirds seem to be teasing us by starting, but not
finishing nests.  3 so far this year.  I also think Downy Woodpeckers
have a nest in the yard, but I haven't located it.

Observed:  Chuck-Will's Widow, Eastern Screech-owl, Yellow-billed
Cuckoos (3 heard at once), Chimney Swifts, 

Foothills Parkway in east Blount County:
all the locally common warblers
Wild Turkey with poults
Northern Rough-winged Swallows nesting under bridge over river

The Greenbelt in Maryville/Alcoa:  
Black-crowned Night-heron
Great Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron (there again today)
Mallard
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow (lots of nests under 3 bridges)
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufter Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Easter Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Norhtern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (though I also heard a Yellow-throated, but just once,
and I'm not sure)
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House FInch
American Goldfinch
House Finch

Allan, of course, was only able to identify about half these species.
 We're still working on his chip note identifications  :-)

Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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