[TN-Bird] Kyker Bottom Refuge - Blount County Sat. 8/30

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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