[TN-Bird] the bird carver, Sharps Ridge clean up and Wilson's snipe

 
Check out these beautiful wood carvings! See the link below or type in
thebirdcarver.com 



http://www.thebirdcarver.com[1] 

Last Saturday, KTOS member David Johnson and I removed 5 bags of trash and
other items from Sharps Ridge Park in Knoxville.  Non-Native Invasive (NNI)
plants were removed as well.  

This is a favorite birding area that the Knoxville chapter adopted last
year,along with the City of Knoxville, as a litter free area.  Hopefully,
this is the first of many "Adopt-A-Street" sites for Knoxville. 

NNI removal, cleaning the graffiti from the "Smokies Peaks" sign and litter
pick up will continue. Another work day will be scheduled for early fall.  

On a different note, two Wilson's snipe (may have been the same bird seen at
different times) were observed in the Turkey Creek watershed off Lexington
Drive on a construction site next to Coal Creek Armory.  The bird was seen
along a newly created stream that is part of a mitigation/ stream
restorationsite where the development has culverted and relocated the
wetland/ creek.  Apparently, the snipe found the newly created habitat
attractive! 

Bird On! 

Mark Campen 

Knoxville, TN    

Mark Campen  TN Izaak Walton League 956 Volunteer Landing Lane, Box 12
Knoxville, TN 37915 mark@xxxxxxxxx 865.523.3800 

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