[tn-bird] Re: Brown-headed nuthatch excavating dead pine tree cavity

    Glad to see that someone else recorded the presence of Cerulean
Warblers along the North Boundary Greenway on the Oak Ridge
Reservation.  I heard and saw a male singing yesterday (June 27)
myself.  He was at the identical location along that trail where
Ceruleans have been heard/seen for the past four years in a row during
the breeding season.  This site fidelity would appear to make it likely
that they are breeding there.  Hope we can get some positive evidence of
breeding this season.  Please keep a look out for adults returning to a
nest and/or for fledglings in late June, early July!  It would be the
first recorded confirmed breeding of Ceruleans in Roane County that I am
aware of.
    With regard to the Brown-headed Nuthatches, hope you read the
article in the latest Migrant on BHNUs and Red-headed Woodpeckers on the
OR Reservation.  If not, you should take a look at that issue (March
2001).

Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, TN


Leigh Loveday wrote:

> was seen yesterday on the Oak Ridge Reservation at the Bear
> Creek Rd. marsh area below the Hwy 58 bridge (anyone wanting a
> more specific location can drop us an e-mail). Also seen &
> heard: numerous Northern bobwhites, Orchard oriole,
> Yellow-breasted chat, 2 Red-headed woodpeckers, 4 Wood ducks,
> Barn/ Northern rough-winged/ Tree swallows, Great crested
> flycatcher, Eastern kingbirds, & 4  osprey sightings (1 osprey
> was flying with prey in it?s talons,  but dropped the payload).
> Heard:  Prothonotary & Common yellowthroat warblers.
>
> North boundary greenway  (on Hwy 58 near the 58/95 split) birded
> yesterday as well. Highlights: Northern parulas (1 seen at the
> Beaver lodge/ marsh area, but heard frequently), Yellow-billed
> cuckoos, Male ruby-throated hummingbird, Yellow-breasted chats,
> Blue-gray gnatcatchers everywhere,  & Blue-headed & White-eyed
> vireos.  Heard: Kentucky, Blue-winged, & Cerulean warblers.
>
> A quick stop on Hwy 95 near Melton Hill dam at the small dam
> area yielded a Black crowned night heron, a huge snapping turtle
> sunning on a log, & 4 Great blue herons (I keep thinking I?m
> seeing the silhouette of Little blue heron in this area on my
> daily drive to work, but yet to verify).
>
> Other sightings over the 3 day weekend:
>
> Lilly Bluff/ Point overlook at the Obed Wild & Scenic River -
> Prairie warblers galore (nesting in the young pines near the
> point overlook)),  Yellow-throated warbler, Hooded warblers,
> Blue headed vireos, Blue gray gnatcatchers.
>
> Kyker Bottoms-  Blue grosbeak, Yellow-breasted chat,
> Yellow-billed cuckoo, Common yellowthroat warbler, Scarlet
> tanager, & Northern bobwhites.
>
> Robert & Leigh Loveday
> Knoxville, TN
>
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