[TN-Bird] Re: Return of the Fish Crows, Knox County
- From: cwelsh <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
- To: hoyle@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:05:36 -0400
I heard a Fish Crow at Lakeshore Park in Knoxville on Friday 14 March. First
one I've heard there this season, and I'm now there about 3 evenings a week
for kids' soccer. Lakeshore is about 3-4 miles north (just up the river) of
the Harrison-Keepe neighborhood.
Chris Welsh
Knoxville, TN
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>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:53:12 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Return of the Fish Crows, Knox County
>From: hoyle@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>Lyons Bend
>Knox Co.
>
>Yesterday between storms I took a walk through the neighborhood
>across the street - Harrison Keepe. I found a small flock(7) of Fish
>Crows perched in a cedar tree eating the berries. This is
>the largest number I have seen since they arrived here 4-5 years
>ago. I have not heard or seen any Fish Crows since the fall, although
>David Trently apparently heard one during the CBC around Lakeshore
>which is just down the road.
>
>Today there was a pair in my yard calling back and forth.
>
>Susan Hoyle
>Knoxville, TN
>
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>From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:01:53 EDT
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Blue-winged Teal at Radnor Lake, Davidson Co.
>
>3-16-08
>Radnor Lake
>Davidson Co.
>
>This afternoon I walked the road at Radnor Lake and had 3 male Blue-winged
>Teal, my first of season. Other waterfowl included Canada Goose, Mallard,
>Black Duck, Gadwall, Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Wood Duck and
>Pied-billed Grebe. And one otter and one Barred Owl.
>
>Jan Shaw
>Nashville, TN
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>From: Michael Sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Rankin Ospreys Return
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:40:51 -0500
>
>Cocke County, 3/16/08
>
>We stopped at several spots between Rankin Bridge and the Leadvale RR
>crossing this afternoon. Pairs of ospreys were in the vicinity of 4
>nests, 2 other intact nests were unoccupied,
>and another, which had been in a cottonwood tree that fell during the
>winter, was kaput.
>
>Partial list:
>Wood duck (42)
>Blue-winged teal (14 - FOS)
>Green-winged teal (6)
>Osprey (8 - FOS)
>Bald eagle (1 adult, 2 imm.)
>Red-tailed Hawk
>Am. kestrel
>Merlin
>Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2-FOS)
>
>Michael Sledjeski & LeslieGibbens
>
>
>
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>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:13:16 -0400
>From: David Hunt <davidhunt7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Mute Swan - Washington Co., TN
>
>Boon Dam, Washington Co., TN
>March 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
>
>Saw a Mute Swan just below Boone Dam in the S. Fork Holston River, also
>present and not seen too often at this location,
>were 12 Wood Duck
>
>David Hunt
>Gray, TN
>
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>From: Virginia Reynolds <treynold@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Loggerhead Shrikes in Shelby County
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:27:52 -0500
>
>This morning, a total of 5 Loggerhead Shrikes were seen at Ensley
>Bottoms. This is the largest number that I have seen at the Pits
>since 5/25/03 when a total of 11 were spotted. (Five of those birds
>were fledglings.) The Pits are full of water due to the recent heavy
>rainfall which may account for the lack of shorebird species. The
>number of ducks and Ringed-bill Gulls have declined sharply, although
>the number of American Robins and Flickers have risen.
>Virginia Reynolds
>Memphis
>Shelby County
>
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>End of tn-bird Digest V7 #74
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