[TN-Bird] Kyker Bottom Refuge - Blount County Sat. 8/30
- From: Bob <bhowdy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:07:52 -0400
Kyker Bottom Refuge 8/30
Maryville, Tennessee
Blount County
As I have posted before....Kyker is an acquired taste for birding in the
summer months, but it is near my house. Kyker takes some effort to bird
right now due to the grass heighth in spots and of course mosquitoes in
places. Having said all that ... I love the place!
The late fall and summer breeding at Kyker has seemed to been good. I
have noted good populations of young American Goldfinch, Northern
Bob-White, Mourning Dove, Carolina Wren and Northern Mockingbirds. Not a
great number of species, but good quantities what is there.
I was able to get a pretty good photo of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo
yesterday! It was very camera shy, so I needed to sit patiently and wait
for it to become comfortable enough to come to some outer branches.
http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/362383475_QxwTi-L.jpg
And a Northern Mockingbird that followed me around for a good while, not
camera shy at all!
http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/362383484_4ydDy-L.jpg
List from yesterday 8/30/08
Wild Turkey - 7
Northern Bobwhite - 50+
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 (1 juvenile)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2
Mourning Dove - 100+
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 10+
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 50+
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 10+
Northern Mockingbird - 10+
Blue Grosbeak - 9
House Finch - 25+
American Goldfinch - 50+
Bob Howdeshell
Maryville, Tennessee
Blount County
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