[TN-Bird] Swainson's Warbler - Big South Fork NRRA
- From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:33:36 -0500
I found a singing Swainson's Warbler at Big South Fork NRRA in TN on Sunday.
My wife and I were hiking near Slave Falls on the Middle Creek trail, which we
took as a spur off the Charit Creek - Twin Arches trail. If you know the area,
that will mean something to you:) The location is a couple hour hike from a
trail head. Anyway, the bird was exactly where I'd expect it: steep rocky
ravine with thick rhododendrons along a creek.
Resident birds were pretty much silent (and not found), but the wood warblers,
vireos, and acadian flycatchers were still singing. Good numbers of
black-throated green, black-and-white, and hooded warblers and ovenbirds were
singing. The one night I was awake a lot in the middle of the night and a
yellow-billed cuckoo was making his presence known regularly. He sang more at
night than during daylight hours.
Great hiking and birding!
Scott Somershoe
My eBird list follows:
Big South Fork NRRA - Twin Arches area, Scott, US-TN
May 29, 2011 8:40 AM - 2:10 PM
Comments: Hiked a total of 9.3 miles on Twin Arches Loop, Charit Creek
Lodge loop, and 1.6 miles out and back toward Slave Falls on trail to Middle
Creek Trailhead.
37 species
Turkey Vulture 3
Broad-winged Hawk 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Acadian Flycatcher 18
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 54
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 8
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Wood Thrush 9
Cedar Waxwing 5
Northern Parula 9
Black-throated Green Warbler 29
Yellow-throated Warbler 8
Black-and-white Warbler 13
Worm-eating Warbler 9
Swainson's Warbler 1
Ovenbird 20
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Hooded Warbler 16
Eastern Towhee 2
Scarlet Tanager 9
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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Nashville, TN 37204
615-781-6653 (o)
www.tnwatchablewildlife.org
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