[TN-Bird] Wow!! (Hawaiian trip & TN birds seen while I was gone!)

TN-birders,
I just returned last night from a week on Kaua'i, with some great birding. But, 
upon checking email this morning I see I'm definitely not alone. I had a 
sneaking suspicion that I would miss some good birds while I was gone, and did 
that ever come true. I hope to head west tomorrow, if I can get my wife to turn 
her head long enough for me to sneak off, for that White-faced Ibis that has 
eluded my state list. What an amazing week for TN rarities (and not all along 
the mighty Mississip) , as Jeff predicted before I left.

The following section of the email does not pertain to birding in TN, so feel 
free to disregard.

Regarding my Hawaii trip, I'll be putting together a trip report, and posting 
alot of pictures once I get caught up on some stuff around here. My trip was 
very successful, especially since it wasn't a "birding trip". I birded about 
half the time we were gone, and in three and a half HARD days of birding I 
covered pretty well all of the productive areas on the island. This total 
includes almost a full day of hiking 8 miles of the Pihea Ridge/Alaki Swamp 
trail in the upper reaches of Kaua'is mountains. This paid off with 7 of the 8 
remaining Hawaii endemics remaining on Kaua'i, with 4 of these endemic just to 
Kaua'i.

My total for the island was 55 species, which doesn't sound like much, but the 
norm for a two-week tour of all the islands is 100 species + or - 5. I didn't 
miss any species that I had a decent shot at, and picked up several that I 
wasn't expecting to get, although a few of these birds held out to the last 
day. As it's a short list, I'm posting a species list below.


CAPS = lifer
* = photos

LAYSAN ALBATROSS *
DARK-RUMPED (HAWAIIAN) PETREL
BULWER'S PETREL
Wedge-tailed Shearwater * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
SOOTY SHEARWATER
TOWNSEND'S SHEARWATER
RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD *
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD *
BROWN BOOBY *
RED-FOOTED BOOBY *
Great Frigatebird * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron *
HAWAIIAN GOOSE *
HAWAIIAN DUCK *
BLACK FRANCOLIN *
ERCKEL'S FRANCOLIN *
JAPANESE QUAIL
RED JUNGLEFOWL * 
Ring-necked Pheasant *
Common Moorhen (Hawaiian race) *
Hawaiian Coot * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Black-necked Stilt (Hawaiian race) *
PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER *
WANDERING TATTLER *
Ruddy Turnstone *
BLACK NODDY
Rock Dove
Spotted Dove * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Zebra Dove * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Short-eared Owl (Hawaiian race)
Northern Mockingbird
PUAIOHI ( great bird!)
JAPANESE BUSH-WARBLER *
WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA *
(KAUA'I) ELAPAIO *
GREATER NECKLACED LAUGHINGTHRUSH
HWAMEI (MELODIOUS LAUGHINGTRUSH) *
Japanese White-eye * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Common Myna * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
House Sparrow
COMMON WAXBILL
RED AVADAVAT *
NUTMEG MANNIKIN *
CHESTNUT MUNIA *
JAVA SPARROW *
House Finch
KAUA'I AMAKIHI *
ANIANIAU
AKEKEE *
Iiwi (previously seen on trip to Maui)
Apapane * (previously seen on trip to Maui)
RED-CRESTED CARDINAL *
Northern Cardinal
Western Meadowlark *

Good birding!!!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
Carroll Co.
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx






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