[TN-Bird] NTOS Field Trip Results

  • From: Chloe Walker <chloebelle119@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 09:14:24 -0800 (PST)

Six birders gathered for the NTOS field trip to Percy Priest Lake. We had a bit 
of a foggy start at Percy Priest dam, then went clockwise around the lake. Best 
birds were a mixed flock of 25 Redheads and 50 Lesser Scaup plus an adult Bald
Eagle seen from Anderson Rd Public Use Area. Seven Red-breasted Mergansers were 
seen at Hamilton Creek Park. A list of species found is below:


43 species

Northern Shoveler-20
Green-winged Teal-8
Redhead-25
Lesser Scaup-50
Bufflehead-3
Common Goldeneye-4
Hooded Merganser-15 
Red-breasted Merganser-7
Ruddy Duck-2
Common Loon-19
Pied-billed Grebe-4
Horned Grebe-8
Great Blue Heron-3
Black Vulture-30
Bald Eagle-1
Cooper's Hawk-1
Red-tailed Hawk-1
American Coot-78
Killdeer-9
Bonaparte's Gull-109
Ring-billed Gull-86
Herring Gull-2
Mourning Dove-2
Red-bellied Woodpecker-3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1
Northern Flicker-2
Blue Jay-22
American Crow-17
Carolina Chickadee-15
Tufted Titmouse-2
Carolina Wren-2
Golden-crowned Kinglet-5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-1
Eastern Bluebird-31
American Robin-19
Northern Mockingbird-1
European Starling-140
Cedar Waxwing-6
Yellow-rumped Warbler-10
Song Sparrow-3
Dark-eyed Junco-11
Northern Cardinal-1
American Goldfinch-2

Chloe Walker
NTOS Field Trip Coordinator
Murfreesboro, TN
www.betterbirdhabitats.blogspot.com

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