[TN-Bird] various sightings from east and middle TN

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 10:10:26 -0500
Rather than a series of posts this week, I decided to highlight a few birds 
that we found on the TWRA bird identification course held this week all at once 
in one post.  Nothing super rare was found, but a few things worth noting 
anyway.

In addition to the Henslow's Sparrows at high elevations in Campbell County on 
Monday, we had a few other birds to note.

Cove Lake SP (Tuesday morning)
Swainson's Warbler - 1, sang about 10 times about sunrise and was never heard 
again over about 2 hrs in the area
Baltimore Oriole - female DEAD hanging in a sycamore by the nest she was 
building.  The nest had a lot of fishing line and some ribbon from a balloon. 
Apparently she got tangled in it and ended up hanging there until she died.
Bank Swallow - 1 flew by once and was gone (always nice to see a bank swallow!)
Bay-breasted Warbler -1 


Norris Dam - Songbird Trail (Tuesday afternoon)
Thousands of swallows were foraging just above the river and tree tops.  It was 
mid-40's and drizzly, so the birds were probably pretty hungry.  We had all the 
swallows that regularly occur in the state, incl. 1 Purple Martin and at least 
3 Bank Swallows.  Large numbers of barn, rough-winged, tree and cliff swallows.


Frozen Head SP (Wednesday morning)
We walked a couple trails and had a good number of Acadian Flycatchers 
(including females "peet"ing, which they typically do near nests).
Nashville Warbler - 2
Plus the usual Cerulean, black-thr green, ovenbird, redstarts, etc.


Catoosa WMA (Wednesday afternoon)
Red-headed Woodpeckers - 9.  They are fairly common in the oak savanna 
restoration areas.  I'm going to update the Catoosa WMA site account on the 
Tennessee's Watchable Wildlife web site about how to get to the savanna sites, 
what to find, etc.


Radnor Lake SP (Thursday morning)
12 Magnolia Warblers
4 Canada Warblers (one female seen)
1 Mourning Warbler sang at Long Bridge


Cedars of Lebanon SP (Friday morning)
Bay-breasted Warbler female -1
Small flock of what seemed like migratory Broad-winged Hawks flying and 
circling high up.  They kept attacking a Red-shouldered Hawk that was up there 
with them.  Quite fun watching them dive bomb each other and evade contact.

Good birding!
Scott Somershoe

State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
615-781-6653 (o)
615-781-6654 (fax)

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