[TN-Bird] Red-breasted Nuthatch Cades Cove

Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blount County, TN
June 24, 2006

Hi folks,

Today we had some family in town, so we did the unthinkable - we
drove Cades Cove on a Saturday in summer!  During a major bike rally,
no less.  But here I am, alive to tell about it.

We did a short hike with these non-birding folks.  The most notable
observation was of a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches at the
intersection of Wet Bottom Trail and the driveway to the Elijah
Oliver homestead (which is currently closed for major renovation to
the grounds.

It was a bit confusing, because I heard a Red-breasted, but when I
looked up, there was a White-breasted.  I assumed that I blew the
call, but then heard it again, when I looked only about 2 trees over,
there was a male Red-breasted.  Then the female flew in.  Sadly, we
did not have time to look for a possible nest cavity.

I believe this site is less than 2000 feet elevation.

Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"To the dull mind all nature is leaden.  To the illuminated mind 
the whole world sparkles with light."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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