[TN-Bird] Bobolinks, Dickcissels, Grasshopper Sparrow on Lytle Creek Rd (Rutherford County)

  • From: jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 23:05:17 +0000 (UTC)

Late Friday afternoon we headed to Lytle Creek Rd (Rutherford County) to see 
the Scissor-tail Flycatchers and hoped to see/hear the Bewick's Wren.  After 
seeing a couple of Scissor-tail Flycatchers, sitting on the wire in their 
"usual spot,"  we rode to where the Bewick's Wren has been and did hear it, 
but did not see it.  We turned around and headed back toward the area where 
the Scissor-tail Flycatchers were, and as we drove slowly with the windows 
down, I heard Bobolinks singing.  We pulled over next to a wheat field 
and looked over a barbed wire fence hedge and saw Red-winged Blackbirds 
mixed with a flock of Bobolinks.  Very few Bobolinks were visible as they 
were sitting on the tops of wheat, but as they flew we saw about 20 in 
total.  

We went back late Saturday afternoon and saw 2 Scissor-tail Flycatchers in the 
same spot, and again saw the flock of Bobolinks in the same field.  We also 
saw/heard 2 Dickcissels sitting on the wire across the road from the 
Bobolinks.  A Common Yellowthroat was also heard singing in the background in 
the same area.  We also saw a Grasshopper Sparrow sitting on a hedge not far 
from the field with the Bobolinks.  

Sunday afternoon around 2:00, we took another ride out to Lytle Creek Rd and 
saw 2 pairs of Scissor-tail Flycatchers in the same area as usual.  We 
saw/heard the 2 Dickcissels sitting on the wire across from the wheat field and 
heard more Dickcissels further along the road by the field.  We saw very few 
Bobolinks in the field this time.  



Also seen/heard along the road: 

Eastern Kingbirds 

Summer Tanagers 

Chimney Swifts 

Barn Swallows 

Tree Swallow 

Eastern Meadowlarks 

Eastern Bluebirds 

1 Unidentified bird of prey 



Happy Birding, 

Chloe Walker
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