[TN-Bird] Re: late report - Elizabethton Club field trip to Washington Co.

Don,

Keep trying, and don't get too frusterated.  Those Giraffes can be
quite secretive this time of year, when they are not out on a
conspicuous perch singing.  I've seen them disguised cleverly as
rather tall fence posts.


--- Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Last Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, the Elizabethton (Herndon) Chapter of
> TOS held 
> a field trip to western Washington County, TN.  Participants were
> Dianne 
> Draper, Jacki Hinshaw, Don Holt, Reece Jamerson, Rick Knight, Joe
> McGuiness, Mike 
> Poe, Brookie & Jean Potter, and Gary Wallace.  The ten club members
> met in 
> chilly temperatures (26 degrees F) at 8 am in Jonesborough and
> carpooled to 
> various hotspots in the area, including Bush Hog Pond, the exotic
> animal farm, 
> Keebler Road, and Stockton Road.  Several target species were
> found, including 
> Loggerhead Shrike, Red-headed Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon,
> Ostrich, and Yak.  Big 
> misses were Lapland Longspur, Eurasian Collared Dove, and Giraffe. 
> A bonus 
> for those who stayed the latest was an albino Red-tailed Hawk on
> Snapp Bridge 
> Road who posed graciously for a close-up driveby.  A tentative
> total for the 
> day was 46 native or naturalized bird species observed:
> 
> Great Blue Heron
> Canada Goose
> Mallard
> Peregrine Falcon
> Northern Harrier
> Cooper's Hawk
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> American Kestrel
> Black Vulture
> Turkey Vulture
> Kildeer
> Common Snipe
> Mourning Dove
> Rock Pigeon
> Belted Kingfisher
> Northern Flicker
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Red-headed Woodpecker
> Horned Lark
> American Crow
> Blue Jay
> Carolina Chickadee
> Eastern Tufted Titmouse
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Carolina Wren
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Eastern Bluebird
> American Robin
> Northern Mockingbird
> Loggerhead Shrike
> European Starling
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Northern Cardinal
> Savannah Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Eastern Meadowlark
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
> House Sparrow
> 
> submitted by
> Don Holt
> Johnson City, TN
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