[TN-Bird] Reelfoot Lake area

27-28 Apr 2008
Reelfoot Lake area, Lake & Obion Cos.

After the TOS meeting in Memphis, I went up to Reelfoot.
From mid-morning on Sunday through noon Monday I had 
138 species, not bad for just over 24 hours of leisurely birding.

Highlights:

ducks:  8 species, the best being Red-br. Merganser.
Com. Loon - 1
Am. White Pelican - 1
Cattle Egret - 1
Mississippi Kite - 1, Monday at Walnut Log
N. Harrier - 1, Sunday, getting late.
Peregrine Falcon - 1, levee south of Tiptonville

shorebirds:  11 species, best being Blk-nk. Stilts & Long-billed Dowitchers.
Caspian Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 12+
Barred Owl - 8+  (no nighttime birding done)
Red-headed Woodpecker - lots

E. Wood-pewee - 5+
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
E. Kingbird - lots
Loggerhead Shrike - 2
Warbling Vireo - 5+
Fish Crow - 12+
Bank Swallow - 4+
Marsh Wren - 1

Veery - 1
Gray-ch. Thrush - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 10+
Hermit Thrush - 1, getting late.
Am. Pipit - 12+

warblers:  20 species
Golden-wg. - 1
Tennessee - 15+
Nashville - 1
N. Parula - lots
Yellow - 1
Chestnut-sd. - 1
Magnolia - 2
Yellow-rumped - lots
Blk-thr. Green - 2
Yellow-thr. - 5+
Bay-br. - 1
Blackpoll - 1
Am. Redstart - 3
Prothonotary - lots
Swainson's - 2
N. Waterthrush - 10+
Kentucky - 15+
Com. Yellowthroat - several
Hooded - 1
Yellow-br. Chat - 4

both tanagers & both orioles

Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
Rose-br. Grosbeak - several
Blue Grosbeak - several
Indigo Bunting - tons  (several flocks of 20-40, mostly males)
Dickcissel - 5+
Bobolink - 3 flocks totaling 100+, all males


Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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