Here is a summary of recent notable arrivals, etc. and significant
concentrations over the last couple of weeks in Gibson County:
April 8, 2016Gibson County Lake:
Lesser Scaup - 6Osprey - 1
April 12, 2016Macedonia Bottoms Heronry (Forked Deer River Bottoms, western
Gibson County):
Great Blue Heron - nesting colony is active again this year, at least 50+ Great
Blue nests.Double-crested Cormorant - adult seen flying with a stick in its
bill.
Tatumville Bottoms, western Gibson County (same general area as heron colony):
Solitary Sandpiper - White-eyed Vireo - 1 (FOS)Fish Crow - 6Prothonotary
Warbler - 1 (FOS)
April 15, 2016Bluff Road, western Gibson County:
Snowy Egret - 1 (FOS)Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 (FOS)Blue-headed Vireo - 1
(FOS)Warbling Vireo - 1Red-eyed Vireo - 1 (FOS)Hooded Warbler - 1
(FOS)Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (FOS)Prothonotary Warbler - 10Yellow-throated
Warbler - 7Northern Parula - 8Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (FOS)
Old Hwy 104, western Gibson County:
Sedge Wren - 1 (FOS)Lark Sparrow - 1 (FOS)
April 18, 2016Trenton:
House Wren - 1 (FOS)
Buck Creek Bottoms, McMurry Road:American Redstart - 1 (FOS)
Loop Road:Lark Sparrow - 1
April 19, 2016:Mt. Orange:
Broad-winged Hawk - 4, migrating group
Macedonia Bottoms Heronry:
Anhinga - 1, male
McMurry Road:
Eastern Kingbird - 1 (FOS)Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (FOS)
April 20, 2016:
Mt. Orange:
Lark Sparrow - 2Palm Warbler - 1
New Bethlehem Road, near Dyer:
Lark Sparrow - 1
Keely Mill Bottoms:
Swainson's Warbler - 1
Iron Mountain Road, near Dyer:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (FOS)
Good birding!
Mark GreeneTrenton, TN
