[TN-Bird] thrush & grosbeak flight, etc.

22-26 Sep 2007
Carver's Gap on Roan Mtn
Carter Co., TN  &  Mitchell Co., NC

There has been a good flight of Rose-br. Grosbeaks, with 50-80+ daily,
and good numbers of thrushes, mainly over the last three days, with
100+ Swainson's daily (nearly 100 banded in 3 days).

Gray-cheeked Thrush (4 banded today) & Wood Thrush (10 banded today)
- - -   these represent daily highs.

warblers during this period:
Golden-wg.  - 1 banded on 23rd
Tennessee   max  30+
N. Parula  - 1 banded on 24th  (station first)
Chestnut-sd
Magnolia
Cape May
Black-thr Blue   max 15+ 
Black-thr Green
Blackburnian
Bay-breasted
Am Redstart
Worm-eating
Ovenbird    -12 banded
Com Yellowthroat
Hooded

also:
Merlin  - 1 on 25th
Ruby-cr Kinglet  - 2-4 daily
Scarlet Tanager  - max 22

plus usual high elevation regulars.

note on Tenn Warblers: only 50-some banded thus far this season (below
average), in stark contrast to the record high numbers (800+) banded at Whigg
Meadow in southeast TN.

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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