[TN-Bird] Re: Gull-billed Tern NOT


To David's list I can add 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers but unfortunately,
no GB Tern.  Willow Flycatchers were never out of earshot... I had
three "fitz-bew"-ing back and forth along the road back from the
parking lot to the ash pits.

Later, in Blount Co. I heard the Fish Crows for the 3rd straight
day and 4th time this week.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



On Sun, 28 May 2006, David Trently wrote:

> Kingston Steam Plant, Roane County, east Tenn.
>
> Sorry I didn't get this report out earlier today. Holiday stuff........
>
> I spent a couple hours at the Steam Plant this morning looking for the tern,
> but did not see it. There were 3 other birders there before me, and they
> hadn't seen it either. There were no terns there at all.
> I walked around all of the ponds - there is a new one up the hill. It had a
> dozen+ WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERs and there were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERs in the
> area.
>
> It was still a worthwhile trip. Here's what was there:
>
> Canada Geese
> Mallard
> 7 Blue-winged Teal
> a few calling Northern Bobwhite
> 2 Double-crested Cormorants
> Great Blue Heron
> 1 Great Egret
> 5+ Black-crowned Night-Herons
> Black & Turkey Vultures
> Osprey (at least 3 nests in the area)
> Semipalmated Plover   2
> Killdeer
> White-rumped Sandpipers - at least 30 scattered among three different ponds
> Mourning Dove
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo
> Chimney Swift
> N Flicker
> Willow Flycatcher
> E Kingbird
> White-eyed Vireo
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> all 6 swallow species (only 1 Bank)
> Carolina Wren
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> E Bluebird
> Wood Thrush
> N Mockingbird
> Eur. Starling
> Yellow Warbler
> Prothonotary Warbler (along Emory River)
> Com. Yellowthroat
> Grasshopper Sparrow - have not heard any along the parking area this year.
> This one was in a new location for them (as far as I know). It was between the
> Emory River and the newest ash ponds.
> Song Sparrow
> N Cardinal
> Blue Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> E Meadowlark
> Com Grackle
> Orchard Oriole
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
>
> also dozens of Spot-winged Gliders (dragonflies)
>
> Hope someone re-finds that tern!!
>
> David Trently
> Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
> Knoxville, TN
>
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