[TN-Bird] Cocke Co - FOS Rough-Winged Swallows

Goodwater Rd, Stepp Rd, Parakeet Rd, Cocke Co, TN
Bewley Bridge on Rt 340, Greene Co, TN
Observation date:     3/28/09
Number of species:     45
Today was a good day for birding in this area.  The Rough-Winged Swallows 
returned today.  I still haven't seen the Purple Martins, Tree Swallows or Barn 
Swallows.  The Cliff Swallows are not at Bewley Bridge yet.  

Notably missing were Wild Turkeys; today starts hunting season.


Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     3  (pair in Oven Creek.  Lone male on Nolichucky River.)
Mallard     1  (male only; female must be sitting.  Until today, they have come 
as a pair)
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     4
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     1
Rock Pigeon     6  (At Bewley Bridge, only Greene co entry)
Mourning Dove     8
Belted Kingfisher     3
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     4
Pileated Woodpecker     3
Eastern Phoebe     6
Blue-headed Vireo     1 (FOS)
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     18  (FOS)
Carolina Chickadee     10
Tufted Titmouse     8
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     10
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     25
Cedar Waxwing     8
Louisiana Waterthrush     2
Common Yellowthroat     2
Chipping Sparrow     2
Field Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     14
Red-winged Blackbird     15
Eastern Meadowlark     3
Common Grackle     18
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Purple Finch     30 +
House Finch     4
Pine Siskin     6
American Goldfinch     12


Jean Obrist
Cocke Co, TN
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