[Bristol-Birds] Virginia Rail, Barn Owl, Bobolink, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

September 13, 2008
[posted September 14, 2008]

Greene County, including--

Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area unit at intersection of Highway 
348, North Mohawk Road, and South Mohawk Road (LCBWMA-348/MR);
Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC);
Joachime Bible Refuge unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (JBR);
Kinser Park (KP).

Participating in Greeneville TOS's fall count on Saturday the 13th, I found 77 
species, plus an unidentified Empidonax flycatcher.  Highlights were

Great Egret (12, an unusual total for Greene County)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (3, KP)
Virginia Rail (WMDC, third pond, western end)
Solitary Sandpiper (4)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Least Sandpiper (3)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School)
Barn Owl (2, JBR)
Red-headed Woodpecker (6)
Empidonax species
Yellow-throated Vireo (KP)
Swainson's Thrush (18, LCBWMA-348/MR, calling nocturnally; low 
number--migration of northern birds is not yet well underway)
Northern Parula (KP)
Blackburnian Warbler (WMDC)
Summer Tanager
Bobolink (WMDC)

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN 



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