[Bristol-Birds] Roan Mtn update

  • From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:27:19 -0400

30 Sep - 7 Oct 2007
Carver's Gap on Roan Mtn
Carter Co., TN  &  Mitchell Co., NC


Osprey  - 1 on 30 Sep
Merlin   - 1 on 6 Oct
Peregrine Falcon   - 1 on 30 Sep
Red-bellied Woodpecker   - single migrants on 6-7 Oct
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   - 2 yesterday, 1 today
N. Flicker   - max 12+ migrants on 30 Sep

still good numbers of thrushes (Gray-cheeked, Swainson's, & Wood)
& Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, although numbers are starting to taper off.

warblers this week:
Tennessee
Orange-crowned  - 1 banded on 2 Oct
Magnolia
Cape May
Black-thr Blue
Yellow-rumped
Black-thr Green
Palm
Bay-breasted
Ovenbird
Com Yellowthroat
Hooded

others:
Scarlet Tanager  - max 15 on 1 Oct
White-thr. Sparrow  - 1 banded on 7 Oct
Red Crossbill  - singles on 2 & 7 Oct
Pine Siskin  - max 10 on 7 Oct

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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