[TN-Bird] Seven Islands WR, Knox Co, east Tenn

Saturday morning I birded Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge in eastern Knox County 
from 9:00 to noon. The Knoxville Chapter of TOS has a field trip scheduled 
there for this evening, so I thought I'd scout it out a bit - I wish we had 
scheduled the trip for the morning! We'll be there by about 4:20 - anyone's 
welcome!
I had nine (maybe ten) sparrow species and 5 warblers...Blue Grosbeaks and a 
screech owl.
Highlight was a possible CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in the field near the parking 
area (just past the trees through the opening at the back of the parking area 
fence, left side of the trees in the tall weeds). This was a buffier version 
of the one seen last Saturday at Kyker Bottoms in Blount County. The reason 
I'm not sure if it was a Clay-colored is that it didn't have a complete white 
central crown stripe. The white went from the center of the head back, but it 
was brown, with heavy black streaks in the front half. Everything else looked 
good for a Clay-colored. Maybe we'll get lucky and find it tonight.

There are now several areas where wide paths have been cut through the fields, 
giving excellent access to the abundant sparrow habitat.

Here's the list:

Great Blue Heron   1
Canada Goose   1
N Harrier   2
Sharp-shinned Hawk   2
Red-shouldered Hawk   1
Red-tailed Hawk   1
Killdeer   35
E Screech-Owl   1
Red-bellied Woodpecker   2
Downy Wp   1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   1
N Flicker   5
E Phoebe   3
Blue Jay   10
Am Crow   12
Carolina Chickadee   7
Tufted Titmouse   6
Carolina Wren   11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   1
E Bluebird   3
Am Robin   2
N Mockingbird   5
Brown Thrasher   2
Eur Starling   20
Orange-crowned Warbler   1
Tennessee Warbler   1
Magnolia Warbler   1
Palm Warbler   9
C Yellowthroat   6
N Cardinal   18
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   1
Blue Grosbeak   6
Indigo Bunting   1
E Towhee   7
Field Sparrow   50+
Song Sparrow   50+
Swamp Sparrow   6
Lincoln's Sparrow   4
White-throated Sp   5
White-crowned Sp   1
Grasshopper Sp   1
Savannah Sp   3
?Clay-colored?
E Meadowlark   1
Red-winged Blackbird   250+
Am Goldfinch   20+
House Finch   2

David Trently
Knoxville, TN

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