[tn-bird] Kingston Steam Plant (Saturday, July 27, 2002)

Sorry for being a bit late with this posting, but I just wanted to offer
a quick summary of birds Alice Loftin and I observed at Kingston Steam
Plant (Roane County) yesterday.  We arrived at about 6:15 p.m. and
birded hard for two hours, completely circling the big "shorebird
pond."  Highlights were:

Double-crested Cormorant;
Great Egret (8);
Black-crowned Night-Heron (14, including at least 4 immatures);
Wood Duck;
Osprey (3);
Spotted Sandpiper;
Least Sandpiper (2);
Tree Swallow;
Brown-headed Nuthatch (2, in the pines along the dike separating the
settling ponds from the mouth of the Emory River);
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher;
Blue Grosbeak (3);
Grasshopper Sparrow (2).

Also present were two Ruddy Shelducks, escapees from who-knows-where.
I've seen this exotic species at a couple of places over the
years--mostly city parks and the like.

Don Miller,
Greeneville, TN

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