[TN-Bird] CTOS Birding Field Trip To The Honors Course
- From: "David Stone" <rockyturf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:11:21 -0500
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 from 9:00 to 1:00, seven members of the Chattanooga
Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society birded at The Honors Course inn
Ooltewah. Although the fog was just lifting when we started and the temperature
was 32 degrees, it warmed nicely with the sun and we had a good day. A total of
46 bird species were seen or heard.
Some of the best were 1 Lesser Scaup, all three nuthatches + Brown Creeper,
the number of Field Sparrows we saw (at least 30) and we believe 4 Brewer's
Blackbirds. Our best birders felt like the female looked like a Brewers but we
did not get to see them again to make sure. After know that to look for I tried
to find them today but only saw 1 male. I have usually seen the 4 together
every day since late November but had been calling them Rusty Blackbirds.
Birders included: Harold Birch, Clyde Blum, Dee Parker, Jennifer Rydell, David
Spicer, David Stone and Ellen Whitaker
Bird species seen by the group included:
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Herron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Sharpe-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (heard only)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer (heard only)
Morning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker (heard only)
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
David Stone
Ooltewah, Tn.
Hamilton Co.
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