[Bristol-Birds] Short-eared Owl, Greater Yellowlegs, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

March 25, 2006

The Greeneville Chapter of TOS hosted a trip through western Greene County this afternoon and evening, with stops in several key areas, including the Joachime Bible Refuge (JBR) unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area on South Mohawk Road. (This is the site where Short-eared Owls have been seen regularly since March 5.)

Greenevilleans were joined by a group of visitors from northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Participating in the trip were Dianne Draper, Jim Faunce, King Gaut, Margaret Gaut, Don Holt, Mike Hubley, Susan Hubley, Rick Knight, Alice Loftin, Don Miller, Jerry Rinker, Ruth Rinker, Jane Thornhill, and Jerry Thornhill. Good fellowship was shared by all, and quite a few good birds put in appearances. Here's a partial list (totals represent undercounting in some cases, as I was unable to keep track of everything seen and heard by every member of the group):

Canada Goose (25);
Wood Duck (19);
Gadwall (8 on Sapp Road);
Mallard (8);
Green-winged Teal (2 on Sapp Road);
Wild Turkey (12 on Highway 340 near Bewley's Chapel United Methodist Church);
Double-crested Cormorant (at least 4 in the Great Blue Heron nesting site at the intersection of Pate's Hill Road and Jackson Hollow Road);
Great Blue Heron (1 on a nest at the intersection of Pate's Hill Road and Jackson Hollow Road, 2 elsewhere; at least 10 nests were observed at the site near the intersection);
Black Vulture (11);
Turkey Vulture (18);
Northern Harrier (9--8 at JBR, 1 elsewhere);
Cooper's Hawk;
Red-tailed Hawk (8, including 1 on a nest along Highway 340 0.2 mile east of Highway 348);
American Kestrel (2);
Killdeer (at least 13);
Greater Yellowlegs (on Sapp Road);
Wilson's Snipe (at least 24);
Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School);
Short-eared Owl (3 at JBR; the first bird appeared at 6:25; good looks were had by most members of the group; several barking calls were heard);
Red-headed Woodpecker (at least 6--at least 4 on Green Road 0.3 mile from Highway 348, at least 2 on Sapp Road 0.2 mile from Murray Bridge Road; the Sapp Road site has not been reported before, as far as I can recall);
Purple Martin (on Green Road);
Tree Swallow;
Brown Thrasher (on Sapp Road);
American Pipit (at JBR);
Savannah Sparrow (at least 4);
Rusty Blackbird (at least 32 on Sapp Road and Murray Bridge Road).

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN





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