[TN-Bird] Lakeshore sparrows

After driving to the end of Craig Cove Road in Knoxville yesterday morning 
to look for the white pelican reported making appearances there and finding 
only a great blue heron and some mallards in the Cove (only part of which is 
visible from the road), I widened my search by driving to the nearby 
Lakeshore greenway and searching the water viewable from there.  I saw two 
American wood ducks and 6 bufflehead but no pelican.

After walking for a while, I climbed the hill on my way back to the parking 
lot and sat on a bench at the top under a tree for about half an hour and 
practiced my sparrow skills (which need a lot of work) by watching the many, 
many sparrows flitting around in the tree and surrounding brush and grass 
and on the paved path.  I found 5 species of sparrows.  Most numerous were 
field sparrows and song sparrows. One of the field sparrows even landed at 
my feet and sat there for a few seconds.  Also seen were a couple white 
throated sparrows and a chipping sparrow.  And I heard the song of a 
savannah sparrow (which I immediately listened to on my Peterson CD upon 
returning to my car to verify what it was).

Carole Gobert
Knox County, Tennessee


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