[TN-Bird] Kyker Bottom TWRA Refuge - Blount County, Maryville

I had the pleasure of meeting Jean Alexander, June Welch and David 
Johnson this morning to bird Kyker Bottom as part of the Blount County 
fall bird count.

We divided up the refuge and each of us went our separate ways, the 
following is my list for the day -- I look forward to the reports from 
the others.

Maybe the highlight (or disappointment) of the day was about 10:00am. I 
was heading back to my car to move to another area ... I was by the 
levee overflow gate in the small pond at the corner (straight out from 
the upper observation deck)  I was watching a few smaller birds on the 
brush pile there when all of a sudden a Perigrine Falcon swooped in and 
nabbed a juvenile Mockingbird! Of course all that I was able to get a 
picture of was a blurry shot of the bird's behind!

I did get a nice image of my first Chestnut-sided Warbler
http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/376626301_3edqb-L.jpg

The Least Flycatcher was still in the vicinity of the waterfowl blind, 
although I only saw one, down from the 4-5 earlier in the week.

Today's List:
Wild Turkey - 3
Northern Bobwhite - 10+
Green Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (circled high overhead)
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Killdeer - 4
Mourning Dove - 10+ numerous
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Barred Owl - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Least Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 10+ numerous
Tree Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
House Wren - 2
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 10+
Brown Thrasher - 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (my first)
Common Yellowthroat - 8
Field Sparrow - 8
Song Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 5+
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 4 (all female)
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 5
House Sparrow - 4

Bob Howdeshell
Maryville, Tennessee
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