[TN-Bird] Birding around Hamilton, co., TN

Judy Newsome, Daniel Jacobson, Clyde Blum and I spent portions of April 27
birding Hamilton co.  Judy and I stayed pretty much from 8:00 to 8:00PM.  It
was a spectacular weather day and the birding was pretty good.  We ended up
with 108 species without any night birding.  Some of the highlights
included:

19 species of warblers for the day:
13 species at Cravens House including:
2 Blackpoll
2 Blue-winged
3 Cape May
1 Cerulean
1 Chesnut-sided
1 Tennessee
2 Nashville
others at Cravens House:
6 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
2 Baltimore Oriole
2 Great-crested Flycatchers
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
6 Scarlet Tanager
5 Summer Tanager
1 Eastern-wood Peewee
7 Indigo Bunting
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (on nest)

Brainerd Levee:
1 American Bittern
2 Sora
6 Pectoral Sandpipers
22 Solitary Sandpipers
8 Common Snipe
4 Greater Yellowlegs
10 Lesser Yellowlegs

Standifer Gap Marsh:
2 Virginia Rail
1 Great Egret
1 Marsh Wren

Riverport:
Cattle Egret

2 Peregrine Falcons below Chaickamuga Dam


Kevin Calhoon
Chattanooga, TN

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