[TN-Bird] Sunday March 18, 2012 Carter/Johnson/Sullivan Counties

March 18, 2012

Ron Carrico
Tom McNeil
Rob Biller

Lists for the better locations of the day:

Great Lakes Pond in Stoney Creek (Carter County)
~7:30am

Canada Goose 25
Gadwall 1
Mallard 8
Bufflehead 5
American Robin 4
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1

Rasar Farm (Carter County - Elizabethton/Stoney Creek)
~8:00

Greater White-fronted Goose 1 - Flooded Field on on left side of Lincoln Rd
Cackling Goose 1 - Flooded Field on on left side of Lincoln Rd
Canada Goose 9 - Flooded Field on on left side of Lincoln Rd
Wood Duck 4 - Flooded Field on on left side of Lincoln Rd
Great Blue Heron 1 - Flooded Field on on left side of Lincoln Rd
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1

The Cackling Goose was seen by David Kirske around 12:00 yesterday at the
Great Lakes Pond (Tom predicted as much earlier in the day) as most of the
Geese are sticking together and most go visit each site sometime during the
day.

Cross Mountain ~9am (Johnson County)

Canada Goose 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 5
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Eastern Meadowlark 3

Wild Turkey 50 - between Cross Mountain and Roan Creek; lots of them
displaying

Roan Creek (Johnson County / upper Watauga Lake) - ~10:30am

Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 9
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
American Robin 2
Pine Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1

Iron Mt (Johnson County) ~1:30pm

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Quarry Bog (Shady Valley / Johnson County) - ~2pm - With Mike Sanders

Virginia Rail 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 2
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Song Sparrow 17
Swamp Sparrow 6
Eastern Meadowlark 2

Musick's Campground (Sullivan County / South Holston Lake) ~4:00pm

Lesser Scaup 40
Ruddy Duck 10
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 12
Cooper's Hawk 2 - across the street from the entrance to the campground
(male/female - keep an eye out for a nest near by)
Killdeer 1
Bonaparte's Gull 57
Ring-billed Gull 150
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Tree Swallow 12
Eastern Towhee 1

Pemberton Rd (Sullivan County) ~5:45pm

Canada Goose 5
American Kestrel 1
Northern Flicker 1
Loggerhead Shrike 2
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Eastern Meadowlark 6

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The complete list of all places visited = 66 species for the day.

Robert Biller
Elizabethton, TN

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