[TN-Bird] Blount County morning

A 3 hour trip in western Blount county produced 51 species between  
8:30-11:30. The sky was heavily overcast with occasional light drizzle and  
temps 
around 50 degrees.
 
Duck activity was slow with only 5 species seen at Miser Station Road,  
Louisville Point Park, Hitch pond, Phelps pond and Scenic Point. 4 Bufflehead  
and 
14 Green-wing teal were near Miser Station Road, 7 Gadwall and 3  Green-winged 
teal were on the stilt pond, 2 Mallards and a  lone Green-winged teal were on 
Phelps pond, and 2 Ringed-neck ducks, 6  Mallards and 11 Coots were on Hitch 
pond.  2 Bonaparte's gulls were at  Poland Creek with many Ring-billed gulls 
off Louisville Point Park and Scenic  Point, a single Herring gull was off 
Scenic Point and 3 were observed circling  with 40+ Ring-billed gulls near 
William 
Blount Drive.
 
Louisville Point Park was very active with 23 species observed.   Highlights 
were 2 Brown-headed nuthatches, a brilliant Golden-crowned kinglet  chasing a 
Brown creeper, 8 E. bluebirds and 12+ Goldfinches feeding along the  shoreline 
and Yellow-belied sapsucker, Downy & Red-bellied woodpeckers and a  N. 
flicker, 4 Black-crowned night-herons, 1 Double-crested  cormorant.  
 
Great blue herons were numerous and a single Great egret was observed  from 
the Miser Station bridge along with 7 Common snipe and 8 Killdeer.  A  single 
Kestrel and Red-shouldered hawk were the only raptors seen!   Sparrows were 
hard to find with Song sparrows found a numerous locations but  only 6 
Dark-eyed 
juncos found between 2 stops, 18 Chipping sparrows and 3 Field  sparrows were 
at another location.  Goldfinches were active and seen at a  number of 
locations.  A flock of 36 Robins and 7 Cedar waxwings were found  in one tree 
at 
Scenic Point and 13 Pied-billed grebes were near the entrance  gate.  46 
Mourning 
doves were in trees near the stilt pond.
 
That's it from Blount County.
 
Warren Bielenberg
Maryville
 
 
 

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