[TN-Bird] Orange-crowned Warbler, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

February 24, 2008

Greene County: Paint Creek Recreation Area (PCRA) and environs; Wal-Mart 
Distribution Center (WMDC); miscellaneous back roads

I observed the following today:

Gadwall (17);
Northern Shoveler (20, at 3 sites);
Northern Pintail (WMDC);
Green-winged Teal (16);
Ring-necked Duck (13);

Wild Turkey (35);

Cooper's Hawk;

Wilson's Snipe (12);

Common Raven (2, PCRA, flying in tandem, with one bird carrying a large portion 
of food);

Brown Creeper;

Winter Wren;

Golden-crowned Kinglet (6);
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2);

American Pipit;

Orange-crowned Warbler (WMDC, third pond; very unlikely winter find);

Swamp Sparrow (5, WMDC);
Dark-eyed Junco (12);

Purple Finch (2).

I found the Orange-crowned Warbler in the cattails in the eastern end of the 
third pond at WMDC and got an excellent brief look with binos from no more than 
fifty feet.  The bird was quite gray, with little or no yellow other than in 
the undertail coverts.  OCWA is an early spring migrant, but it seems unlikely 
that a bird in late February would be a migrant, so I wonder if perhaps this 
individual has overwintered in the area.  Whatever the case, it was a great 
surprise.

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN  





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