[TN-Bird] Invitation to Foothills Parkway Hawk Watch (Sunday)

Greetings,
I'd like to invite everyone to a Hawk Watch on the Foothills Parkway in Blount 
County, TN, this coming Sunday. Below you will see the announcement from the 
newsletter of the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society.
We usually see a nice selection of warblers, vireos, tanagers and thrushes as 
well as a few raptors. In no way does it compare to some of the great hawk 
watch sites around the country, (or to what is being reported at Mendota Fire 
Tower this fall) but it can be a very exciting experience.
For those who enjoy more than birds, there are always some butterflies moving 
through the area, and some years we get a look at dragonfly migration.
Come on over and see some wildlife, meet some people, share lunch if you'd 
like - and I can suggest some other places you can go while in the area.
 
I'd also like to invite you to look at some of the photographs I've been 
posting to my site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/
 
Hawk Watch at Foothills Parkway
Sunday, September 23
8:30 a.m. - ??
As usual, we?ll start at the base of the Parkway off US 321
near Townsend. We will eventually make our way up about
four miles to the site with parking lots on both sides of the
road. From there we will scan the skies for whatever
raptors and other birds might pass by. There are usually
migrating songbirds (especially thrushes, vireos, warblers)
here to keep birders interested in between flights of hawks.
The most common raptor seen is Broad-winged Hawk
(sometimes as many as 100), but we can hope for other
buteos, accipiters, falcons, vultures, eagles ? and sometimes
some real surprises. Come on out to help us scan
the skies. Feel free to bring lunch to share with others, as
this works well as a pot-luck opportunity. A chair can be
useful too since there may be times to sit and chat while
no hawks are in view.
Leader: David Trently
Home # 865-531-1473
Work # 865-974-8664

 
David Trently,
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
Knoxville, TN

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