FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Lewis County: assorted migration notes

[Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing especially rare, but some changes and interesting bits the  
last two days at my homestead in western Lewis County.  Yesterday  
(Oct 3 2006) I found two Sedge Wrens in one of my weedy, brushy  
fields.  They came up to within about 8 feet of me.  They're quite  
cute in their drab-little-bird way, and I don't see them very often.   
Weird cognitive connection: their "chek" sounds a bit like the third  
note of a Hammond's Flycatcher song...  The Catharus thrushes  
definitely appear to be later (and sparser) migrants here than what  
y'all report from Nashville eastwards: yesterday's tally of one Veery  
and two Swainson's Thrushes is my best total for that genus this season.

Today (Oct 4 2006) -- Still many migrants around, including ongoing  
hoards of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Tennessee Warblers (though the  
latter might be starting to thin out a bit).  Interesting tidbits:   
The White-eyed Vireos vanished overnight; didn't see or hear a one  
all day.  Conversely, I saw the first Red-eyed Vireo since last week;  
the great masses of them departed a while back.  Similarly, I was  
surprised to find a Yellow-breasted Chat in my weedy orchard this  
late in the season.  A Wilson's Warbler in the willows around the  
pond gave me a good view.  A Lincoln's Sparrow in the brush along the  
creek was less cooperative, staying backlit and in the bushes, but it  
gave its distinctive buzzy call and I saw enough of the fine breast  
streaking and head pattern to confirm it.  Interesting to me that  
this is my third Lincoln's of the autumn, but I'm still waiting for  
the first Swamp and Song Sparrows.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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