[TN-Bird] Cades Cove Field trip, Blount County

This morning 13 chilled birders enjoyed the invigorating temperatures and  
strong breezes while birding the Cades Cove campground and sewage ponds.   We 
had excellent views of Purple finches, 9 Wilson snipe, ducks and FOS  Blue-gray 
gnatcatcher.  While it was too windy for butterflies, we did hear  the 
trilling call of mating American toads at the sewage ponds.  Birds  found 
during our 
2 hour walk were:
 
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged teal
Bufflehead
Wild Turkey
Turkey  Vulture
Wilson's Snipe
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied  Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern  Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed  Vireo
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted  Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray gnatcatcher (FOS)
Eastern Bluebird
American  Robin
European Starling
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged  Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed  Cowbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
 
Number of Species: 34
 
Warren Bielenberg
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