[TN-Bird] Report on Herndon field trip

Sunday, 12 SEP 2004, the Lee & Lois Herndon (Elizabethton) Chapter of TOS 
held a field trip to Winged Deer Park and Austin Springs in Johnson City, TN.  
At 
8 in the morning six observers found their way through patches of heavy fog 
to Winged Deer Park:  Gilbert Derouen, Jackie Hinshaw, Don Holt, Rick Knight, 
Larry McDaniel, and Charles Moore.  Even before the fog lifted, passerine 
migrants were lively, and so were communications between birders as we 
struggled to 
keep up with the action.  Highlights included a Red-headed Woodpecker, both 
Philadelphia and Warbling Vireos, and nine species of warblers (we jokingly 
complained of too many Blackburnian Warblers distracting us from the other 
warblers).  One non-avian highlight for those who stayed until the end of the 
morning was a River Otter swimming past the boat ramp.  Bird species seen at 
Winged 
Deer Park were:

Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Kildeer
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
American Goldfinch

The second part of the field trip met at 2 pm at Austin Springs.  Don Holt, 
Charlie Parker, and his mom, Ellen Parker enjoyed bright blue skies and a 
chance to study several species, including Osprey, Least Sandpiper, and 
Savannah 
Sparrow.

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Osprey - 1
Kildeer
Least Sandpiper - 8
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Empidonax species
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
American Redstart
Black-throated Green Warbler
Savannah Sparrow - 1
American Goldfinch

submitted by
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
-----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----------------------------------------------------- 
To unsubscribe, send email to:
tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

  TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 
       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
     Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
          web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    ========================================================

Other related posts: