[Bristol-Birds] Cattle Egret, Cerulean Warbler, Swainson's Warbler, Common Loon, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

April 22, 2006

Greene County--

Kinser Park (KP);
Bald Mountain (BM) (lower portion along Viking Mountain Road);
Greene Mountain, including Cutshaw's Bog;
numerous backroad areas in Midway and Mohawk communities (western end of the county)

I spent about ten hours birding today, with good results--a total of 94 species, including a large number of transients and summer residents. Here's an abbreviated list:

Wood Duck (6);
Blue-winged Teal (2);
Ring-necked Duck (female in a flooded field along Highway 348);
Wild Turkey (7);
Common Loon (KP--a very rare species in Greene County);
Cattle Egret (Bible's Chapel Road 0.3 mile from South Mohawk Road);
Red-shouldered Hawk (1 adult and 1 immature perched together at intersection of Houston Valley Road and Heather Way);
Greater Yellowlegs (10);
Lesser Yellowlegs (40);
Solitary Sandpiper (13);
Spotted Sandpiper (on Upper Paint Creek on BM--unusual location);
Pectoral Sandpiper;
Red-headed Woodpecker (Whirlwind Road 0.1 mile south of Amity Presbyterian Church);
Eastern Kingbird (6);
White-eyed Vireo (4);
Yellow-throated Vireo;
Blue-headed Vireo (3);
Red-headed Vireo (5);
Purple Martin (6);
Tree Swallow (50);
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (13);
Barn Swallow (33);
House Wren (15);
Golden-crowned Kinglet (BM);
Ruby-crowned Kinglet;
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (14);
Wood Thrush (2);
Gray Catbird (KP);
Brown Thrasher (4);
American Pipit (7);
Northern Parula (5);
Yellow Warbler (KP);
Black-throated Blue Warbler (5 BM);
Yellow-rumped Warbler (19);
Black-throated Green Warbler (16);
Pine Warbler (KP);
Prairie Warbler;
Cerulean Warbler (Harrison Road approximately 0.6 mile from 107 Cutoff);
Black-and-white Warbler (7);
American Redstart (Greeneville);
Prothonotary Warbler (KP);
Worm-eating Warbler (2);
Swainson's Warbler (2 BM);
Ovenbird (7);
Louisiana Waterthrush (BM);
Common Yellowthroat (11);
Hooded Warbler (22);
Chipping Sparrow (11);
Savannah Sparrow;
Grasshopper Sparrow (2);
White-throated Sparrow (10);
White-crowned Sparrow (2);
Dark-eyed Junco (2 BM);
Indigo Bunting;
Orchard Oriole (2);
Baltimore Oriole (KP).

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN




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