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[Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

Got to hike up Rainbow Falls Trail and down Bull Head Trail on Mount
LeConte, Sevier County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
yesterday.

Not a lot of birds - many have stopped singing.  But still some great
ones.  MANY Veery's near the top.  Had 5 males singing in one spot
near where these 2 trails intersect with Alum Cave Trail.  Also about
a dozen singing Winter Wrens during the day.  Though Black-throated
Blue Warbler activity has dropped notably in the last 2 weeks, there
were still several males singing.   Didn't hear as many Eastern
Towhees as I suspect are there, and I mostly heard calls, not songs. 
Tracey Everson saw what she believes to have been a quiet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker near the top of Rainbow Falls, but isn't
certain.

One observation I find interesting, maybe it's all old news to some
of you folks... in the last 2 weeks, I've not heard the primary song
of a Northern Parula once, but I've heard it's secondary song several
times, in different locations and habitats - do they sometimes switch
over when done nesting?  Do the individuals that sing primary get
quiet earlier in the year?  Are the birds playing tricks with me?

Black-throated Green, and Black-and-White  Warblers are now only
singing at dawn.  Some Ovenbirds are singing at dawn, but most are
not at all.  Worm-eating Warblers entered stealth mode about a month
ago.  Crows are flocking up and no longer in family groups.  The
local Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawk nests have vacancy signs
up.  Now I'm itching to get to the ocean to see fall migration
starting!  Keep us posted, Ole Coot.

A coworker reports seeing a pair of Red Crossbills at the Dan Lawson
place in Cades Cove (Blount County) yesterday.  Same place I've seen
them a number of times before.... gotta find a nest one day!

Good Birding,

Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Townsend, TN  lat 35 deg, 38'23"  long 83 deg, 41'22"

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