[TN-Bird] Short-eared Owl, Greater Yellowlegs, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

March 25, 2006

The Greeneville Chapter of TOS hosted a trip through western Greene 
County this afternoon and evening, with stops in several key areas, 
including the Joachime Bible Refuge (JBR) unit of Lick Creek Bottoms 
Wildlife Management Area on South Mohawk Road.  (This is the site where 
Short-eared Owls have been seen regularly since March 5.) 

Greenevilleans were joined by a group of visitors from northeast 
Tennessee and southwest Virginia.  Participating in the trip were Dianne 
Draper, Jim Faunce, King Gaut, Margaret Gaut, Don Holt, Mike Hubley, 
Susan Hubley, Rick Knight, Alice Loftin, Don Miller, Jerry Rinker, Ruth 
Rinker, Jane Thornhill, and Jerry Thornhill.  Good fellowship was shared 
by all, and quite a few good birds put in appearances.  Here's a partial 
list (totals represent undercounting in some cases, as I was unable to 
keep track of everything seen and heard by every member of the group):

Canada Goose (25);
Wood Duck (19);
Gadwall (8 on Sapp Road);
Mallard (8);
Green-winged Teal (2 on Sapp Road);
Wild Turkey (12 on Highway 340 near Bewley's Chapel United Methodist 
Church);
Double-crested Cormorant (at least 4 in the Great Blue Heron nesting 
site at the intersection of Pate's Hill Road and Jackson Hollow Road);
Great Blue Heron (1 on a nest at the intersection of Pate's Hill Road 
and Jackson Hollow Road, 2 elsewhere; at least 10 nests were observed at 
the site near the intersection);
Black Vulture (11);
Turkey Vulture (18);
Northern Harrier (9--8 at JBR, 1 elsewhere);
Cooper's Hawk;
Red-tailed Hawk (8, including 1 on a nest along Highway 340 0.2 mile 
east of Highway 348);
American Kestrel (2);
Killdeer (at least 13);
Greater Yellowlegs (on Sapp Road);
Wilson's Snipe (at least 24);
Eurasian Collared-Dove (adjacent to West Greene High School);
Short-eared Owl (3 at JBR; the first bird appeared at 6:25; good looks 
were had by most members of the group; several barking calls were heard);
Red-headed Woodpecker (at least 6--at least 4 on Green Road 0.3 mile 
from Highway 348, at least 2 on Sapp Road 0.2 mile from Murray Bridge 
Road; the Sapp Road site has not been reported before, as far as I can 
recall);
Purple Martin (on Green Road);
Tree Swallow;
Brown Thrasher (on Sapp Road);
American Pipit (at JBR);
Savannah Sparrow (at least 4);
Rusty Blackbird (at least 32 on Sapp Road and Murray Bridge Road).

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

 



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