[Bristol-Birds] Phipps Bend

Phipps Bend
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Sept 20, 2008

Was out this morning by 8:00 am at Phipps Bend.  First highlight of the trip
was a huge flock of Tree Swallows on the road, wires, and fence around the
Cooper Standard facility.  I estimate conservatively there were around 2,000
birds.  I looked at hundreds of individuals and I did not see another
swallow except Tree.  Last Fall, as I recall, in this same spot I had a
flock of very late Cliff Swallows.  Other bird included:

Indigo Bunting (many)
Song Sparrow (many)
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Bluebird
White-eyed Vireo
Wood Duck (8)
Magnolia Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Red-shouldered Hawk
Eastern Meadowlark
Killdeer
Common Crow


Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee

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