[TN-Bird] Report: KTOS Field Trip to Norris Dam Songbird Trail

On Saturday, October 18, the KTOS field trip to the Norris Dam Songbird Trail 
in Anderson County was attended by 8 members.  The trip got off to an 
auspicious start when two adult Bald Eagles were seen at Norris Dam around 8:30 
a.m.  The eagles put on a nice show for us.  At one point both were perched in 
the same tree on the far side of the river.  One landed on the shore and was 
observed eating a fish.  They flew off upriver before everyone arrived but the 
5 earlybirds got to witness the show.  We then drove to the parking lot at the 
head of the Songbird Trail and walked from there to the Weir Dam, about 1.4 
miles.  Yellow-rumped warblers were abundant in several locations as were Cedar 
Waxwings and American Gold Finches.  A vireo teased us with a slow, melodious 
song (possibly a Blue Headed?) but we could not get a visual on it.  A female 
Red-Winged Blackbird was seen in the tall grass; I don't believe I've seen this 
species at Norris before.  In all we had 38 species... 35 on the Songbird Trail 
plus 3 seen only at the visitor center at the dam itself (Bald Eagle; Rock 
Pigeon and Common Grackle - two large flocks of the grackles flew over just 
after Ginger Goolsby and I arrived, possibly 100 in each flock; some kept going 
and some landed in the trees next to the river).  The walk ended around noon; 
Ginger and I took a short walk on the trail at the base of the river bank after 
everyone else had departed and got the last species of the day from there, a 
Turkey Vulture spotted by Ginger. A complete list follows:
 
Canada Goose    
Mallard     Great Blue Heron    Turkey Vulture     Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer     
Rock PigeonBelted Kingfisher     
Red-bellied Woodpecker     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker    Downy Woodpecker     
Hairy Woodpecker     Northern Flicker     Eastern Phoebe   
Vireo sp.     Blue Jay    
American Crow     Carolina Chickadee     White-breasted Nuthatch     Carolina 
Wren     Ruby-crowned Kinglet     Eastern Bluebird     Gray Catbird     
Northern Mockingbird     Brown Thrasher     Cedar Waxwing     Yellow-rumped 
Warbler     Palm Warbler     Eastern TowheeChipping Sparrow     Field Sparrow   
  Song Sparrow    Northern Cardinal     
Common GrackleRed-winged Blackbird     House Finch     American Goldfinch
 
 
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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