[TN-Bird] Ooltewah - Hamilton County - The Honors Course (Sat 10/18)

The Honors Course - Ooltewah, Tn - Hamilton County
Saturday October 18, 2008

8:30am - 12:00 noon

 

This past Saturday morning I was afforded the honor and pleasure of birding
for a few hours with David Stone. Thank you for a great time David!

 

While David Stone offered apologies for the masses of birds having left with
the previous night's weather front, I could not have been happier. We viewed
42 different bird types in a short 3-1/2 hour time span.  The highlight may
have been a Nashville Warbler that flew right over our heads. David believes
this may be the latest sighting at the Honors Course; he was going to check
his records. 

 

Being my first visit to the Honors Course I was very impressed with the
habitat that David and his staff have created for the birds.  Several bird
sightings were especially fun for me -

The large numbers of Eastern Bluebirds

Several Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers

Virginia Rail

 

Links to a few photos are below the list;

 

Mallard

Wild Turkey - 12

Great Egret - 2

Turkey Vulture - 2

Cooper's Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 1

Virginia Rail - 1 (seen flying)

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10+

Downy Woodpecker - 3

Northern Flicker - 2

Eastern Phoebe - 3

Blue Jay - 5+

American Crow

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird - numerous

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

 

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/397710231_JhCDp-L.jpg

 

Eastern Bluebird

http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/397706218_5X73B-L.jpg

 

Eastern Phoebe

http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/397707926_FTBZH-L.jpg

 

Wild Turkeys

http://bhowdy.smugmug.com/photos/397708580_AVDKH-L.jpg

 

Bob Howdeshell

Maryville, Tn.

 



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