FreeLists / tn-bird / [tn-bird] KTOS Field Trips for September 2002

["Harold W. Howell" <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Knoxville Chapter of TOS will sponsor the following field trips in
September:

Sunday, September 8, 2002
Kingston Steam Plant
Leader:  Chris Welsh

Leave at 3:00pm from the Stokley building on Cedar Bluff.  The purpose of
this trip is to view the migrating shore birds and terns on the ponds.  We
will also search the fields for sparrows, particularly Grasshopper Sparrows
that have been recently reported.


Sat., Sept. 14
Field trip to Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Knox County.
Leader: David Trently (dtrently@xxxxxxx; 974-8664 w; 531-1473 h)
Leave at 7:30 a.m. from the Comcast parking lot (formerly the K-Mart parkin=
g
lot) on US Highway 11E.  Take the first exit from I-40 east of the junction
of I-40 and I-640, turn left on US 11E and the lot is on the right at the
top of the hill just before the construction for the Holston River bridge.
There is also a Dollar General store in the complex.
This park is Knox County's newest, and it needs a lot of serious birding to
see which species use it. A few trips out there this summer have brought th=
e
species list up over 60, and, with at least one field trip there each month=
,
it should top 100 by the end of the year. Come on out and add to that list
while seeing a new place for your birding trips.
Some of the birds we can hope for: Bald Eagle, Wild Turkey, N Bobwhite,
should=20
be full of Indigo Buntings and American Goldfinches...who knows what
migrants=20
(Bobolinks?)?!
We'll spend 2-3 hours birding here, mostly along a paved road, walking less
than two miles. Bring something to drink.

Sun., Sept. 15
Field trip to Monroe County
Leader: David Trently (dtrently@xxxxxxx; 974-8664 w; 531-1473 h)
Leave at 7:00 a.m. from the Stokely Bldg on Cedar Bluff Rd.
Our primary destinations for this trip will be Chota Waterfowl Refuge and
Cherohala Skyway. Mid-September has proven to be an excellent time to visit
these sites, with at least 18 warbler species seen over the past four years=
,
plus Philadelphia Vireo, Bobolink, Red Crossbill, hundreds of Indigo
Buntings.=20
We'll watch the behavior of a half dozen or so hummingbirds on the NC/TN
state=20
line at around 5000 feet elevation, where Black-capped Chickadee is
possible.
We'll probably stop at Hardee's in Tellico Plains at lunchtime, but you may
want to bring food and drink for our time on the Skyway. There will not be
much walking - a few short trail hikes on possibly wet paths.
Insect repellant may be useful as there are sometimes gnat swarms at the
mid-elevations.


Sun., Sept. 22
Hawk Watch at Foothills Parkway
co-leaders Harold Howell (howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 828-6302 h)  & David
Trently
8:00 a.m. at start of Foothills Parkway (Harold)
10:00 a.m. to hawk watch site (David)

Leave from the Stokely Building parking lot 320 N. Cedar Bluff rd.,
Knoxville) or at the start of the Foothills Parkway off US 321 between
Maryville and Townsend at about 8:00am.  We will spend up to two hours at
the start of this road, looking for migrant songbirds before heading up the
Parkway.  We should see a number of warblers and vireos, with a good chance
at Philadelphia Vireo.  Once we start the hawk watch part of the trip
(around 10:00am) we expect to see mostly broad-winged Hawks.  Since there i=
s
often a lot of waiting between hawk sightings, bring chairs.  This year we
plan to do a =B3pot luck=B2 lunch, continuing a tradition begun last year, so
bring enough to share.  In past years we have had Merlin, Peregrine Falcon,
Caspian Tern, Common Raven, Red-headed Woodpecker and many vireos, warblers=
,
thrushes and tanagers.

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Harold Howell
Field Trip Coordinator
Knoxville, Tn

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