[TN-Bird] Black Tern @ Cross Creeks

7-22-09
Cross Creeks Wildlife Refuge (Dover/Stewart Co.)


A pleasantly cloudy afternoon in search of shorebirds, etc. revealed the 
following:


1. A Black Tern frolicking over a mudflat with at least 3 species of swallows- 
Northern Rough-wing, Barn, and Cliff

2. Several shorebirds with the following species well represented - Greater and 
Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers,     Least Sandpipers, Spotted and 
Solitary Sandpipers

3.  Great Blue Herons, a Green Heron, Double Crested Cormorants and Great Egrets

4.  30-40 Goldfinches and several Eastern Bluebirds surrounding a majestically 
perched Red-Shouldered Hawk

5. Fields full of Red-winged Blackbirds, Indigo Buntings, American Crows, 
Killdeer and Common Yellowthroats

6. Singles including Wood Duck, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe,  Pileated Woodpecker, and a 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo heard in the distance


Steve Routledge
Clarksville, Montgomery Co. Tennessee


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