[TN-Bird] Kingston Steam Plant - terns!

[east Tenn...Roane County...Kingston - ~45 minutes west of Knoxville]

Today (Aug. 21) I visited the Kingston Steam Plant (Exit 350 off I-40) along 
with a group from North Carolina led by Simon Thompson of Ventures. Highlights 
included THREE tern species:

15 BLACK TERNS
2 CASPIAN TERNS
1 FORSTER'S TERNS

Some of the Black Terns were in their beautiful mostly black plumage!!

Shorebirds were not plenty:

several Killdeer
3 Spotted Sandpipers
1 or 2 Least
1 Western
1 or 2 Semipalmated.

There were a few OSPREYs, lots of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONs, 2 PURPLE 
MARTINs, 3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTs, about 2 dozen BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4 
probable WILLOW FLYCATCHERs....

Before meeting the Ventures group I checked out the pines at the first part of 
the Steam Plant (immediate right turn after turning off route 70 and passing 
under the interstate). Here I found at least 3 BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHes and 
15-20 PINE WARBLERs!!! They must have had a really good breeding season here.

David Trently
Knoxville, TN

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