[TN-Bird] St. Valentine's Day goodies in NW TN

From: "Mark Allen Greene" <magreene@xxxxxxxx>
To: "TN Birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:03:26 -0600
February 14, 2005
Gibson and Crockett Counties
I had a few birds of note while rambling about northwest TN on this beautiful 
Valentine's Day.  Had a nice adult light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Austin Road 
south of Yorkville in Gibson County.  It hovered in the wind in full sunlight 
for several minutes showing off before flying off to the south and disappearing 
behind some trees.  I also had a stunningly gorgeous dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk 
on Manley Road in Crockett County near Crockett Mills.  

Lapland Longspurs were seen in two places - small flocks were seen on both 
Lanier Road in Crockett County and on Cool Springs Road in Gibson County.  I 
also had a single very cooperative Western Meadowlark on Siloam Road in 
Crockett Co.  This bird perched up on a fence post after crossing the road and 
sat in full sunlight for several minutes.

I capped off the day with a couple of nice birds this evening here at home at 
Mt. Orange (just outside Trenton) in Gibson Co. The first was a calling, 
displaying American Woodcock in a nearby field which was joined briefly by a 
second bird.  A few minutes later my son and I heard the distinctive, 
hair-raising call of a Barn Owl hunting over a nearby field.  A nice way to end 
a beautiful day.  

Ahh, Spring was definitely in the air today!

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County

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