[TN-Bird] White Ibis - Seven Island Wildlife Refuge/ French Broad River – Knox County, TN

  • From: robert loveday <rhloveday@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:37:06 -0700 (PDT)

On Sept. 18 Sunday 11:00 am we surprisingly spotted a juvenile white ibis 
feeding at the French Broad River shoals near Steamboat Island, Seven Islands 
Wildlife Refuge - Knox County TN.  We watched it for a good 10 minutes from 
water’s edge off a grassy path from the northwest field trail. The ibis 
eventually flew to the far side of the river & perched on a low lying tree at 
the river’s edge.  During flight, you could see the white back set against the 
medium to dark brown wings (depending on the sunlight exposure).

A lot of other good birds were also seen 9/18 at SIWR:

Scarlet tanagers, Magnolia warblers, Black & white warbler, Am redstart, 
Red-eyed & White-eyed vireos, Green heron, Swainson’s thrush,  pair of Ospreys, 
male & female pair Belted kingfishers, Ruby-throated hummingbirds at Jewelweed, 
Eastern phoebe, Eastern wood peewee, & Indigo buntings galore.

PS, apologies for the late posting of this sighting, but re-subscribing to the 
TN birdlist took some figuring out.

Robert & Leigh Loveday
Knoxville, TN

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