[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms 10/29/05

The Knoxville Chapter TOS had a field trip today to Rankin Bottoms, Blount Co., 
TN.  About 10 people were on the trip led by Charlie Muise.  We birded the area 
from 0800-1200.  The morning started with a heavy frost, which burned off by 
mid-morning.  Bird seen:
Canada Goose    25
Wood Duck       1
Gadwall 15
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal        5
N Pintail       8
Green-winged Teal       5
Wild Turkey     1
N Bobwhite      30
Great Blue Heron        2
Black Vulture   20
Turkey Vulture  60
Coopers Hawk            1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Am Kestrel      1
Killdeer        2
Wilson?s Snipe  2
Mourning Dove   20
Belted Kingfisher       3
Red-headed Woodpecker   1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker        2
N Flicker       4
E Phoebe        4+
Loggerhead Shrike       1
Blue Jay        15
Am Crow 25
Tree Swallow    8
Carolina Chickadee      3
Carolina Wren   6
House Wren      4
Ruby-cr Kinglet 1
E Bluebird      15
Am Robin        25
N Mockingbird   5
Euro Starling   100
Cedar Waxwing   25
Orange-cr Warbler       1
Yellow-rumped Warbler   4
Palm Warbler    1
Chipping Sparrow        15
Field Sparrow   8
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow        10
Song Sparrow    100+
Swamp Sparrow   100+
White-thr Sparrow       15
White-cr Sparrow        25
N Cardinal      6
Red-winged Blackbird    400
E Meadowlark    6
Rusty Blackbird 4
Common Grackle  2
House Finch     5
Am Goldfinch    30
House Sparrow   2

Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN


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