[TN-Bird] Fox Camp Spring & Black Fox Wetland - birds & info

From: Daniel Estabrooks <hyla514@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:56:32 -0700 (PDT)
Black Fox Wetland
Rutherford County
10/3/11

I noticed an eBird hotspot SE of Murfreesboro labeled as "Nickajack Trace & 
Black Fox Wetlands". After much fruitless time spent searching the internet for 
any information about the place, I eventually dug up the Rutherford County 
property information website and discovered that the woodland around Fox Camp 
Spring (on the north side of Red Mile Rd.) is owned by the city of Murfreesboro 
and Black Fox Wetland itself (on the south side of the road) is owned by the 
state.

So anyway, I parked along the side of the road and wandered around. There are a 
couple signs (one on each side of the road) giving a little information abuot 
the place, but there are no facilities other than a few random little trails 
that don't really go anywhere. In any case, the birding wasn't that great (and 
definitely not good enough to justify putting up with the ubiquitous hordes of 
mosquitoes).

The highlight of the trip was when an Accipiter appeared out of nowhere and 
blew up a flock of foraging robins before diving into the shrubbery. I never 
did see it again, despite about 10 minutes of searching. If I had to pick one, 
I'd say Sharp-shinned just because it was pretty small, but it all happened way 
too fast for me to see anything diagnostic.

My eBird report for it is attached.

Daniel

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Subject: eBird Report - Nickajack Trace & Black Fox Wetlands, Oct 3, 2011

Nickajack Trace & Black Fox Wetlands, Rutherford, US-TN
Oct 3, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Comments:     Walked to Fox Camp Spring and through the dry wetland on the 
south side of the road.
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Accipiter sp.  1     Attacked a flock of foraging robins and then disappeared 
into a bush. I wasn't able to ID it as it flew by and couldn't find it 
afterwards.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3     They were visiting the little orange 
orchid-like flowers that grow around Fox Camp Spring.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  15
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  2
Magnolia Warbler  6
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
[TN-Bird] Fox Camp Spring & Black Fox Wetland - birds & info

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