[TN-Bird] Canvasback, Redhead, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

February 20, 2006

Looking for birds brought in by the weekend's cold front, I spent about 
two and a half hours today in western Greene County.  At dusk I added 
another half hour in the Tusculum area.  There was a lot of activity, 
including several species not regularly seen in the county.  Here's a 
partial list of the day's birds:

Canada Goose (27);
Wood Duck (8);
Gadwall (13);
American Wigeon (4);
Mallard (47);
Northern Shoveler (5 on Gravel Woods Road (Midway community));
Northern Pintail (2);
Green-winged Teal (15 on Gravel Woods Road);
Canvasback (2 at Wal-Mart Distribution Center);
Redhead (2 on Gravel Woods Road);
Ring-necked Duck (6 on Gravel Woods Road);
Wild Turkey (21);
Great Blue Heron (2);
Black Vulture (32);
Turkey Vulture (33);
Northern Harrier (4);
Sharp-shinned Hawk;
Cooper's Hawk (2);
Red-tailed Hawk (6);
American Kestrel (6);
American Coot (2);
Killdeer (13);
Wilson's Snipe;
American Woodcock (2 at intersection of Holly Creek Road and Brown's 
Bridge Road (near Tusculum));
Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School);
Red-headed Woodpecker (2 on Green Road 0.3 mile from Highway 348);
Eastern Phoebe;
American Robin (176);
American Pipit;
Cedar Waxwing;
Yellow-rumped Warbler;
Swamp Sparrow (2);
White-throated Sparrow (13);
White-crowned Sparrow (6);
Eastern Meadowlark (15);
Rusty Blackbird (42+);
Common Grackle (5000+).

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN



 

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