Burkes Garden
3100 ft. elevation
Tazewell Co., VA
23 May 2010
Observers: Carolyn Coffey, Wallace Coffey, Jacki Hinshaw (list compiler), Tom
Hunter, Rick Knight, Dave Worley,
About 90 minutes of concentrated birding -- 52-species.
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard -1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 8
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 2 adults + one nestling (banded eaglet)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 2
Rock Pigeon - 15
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Wood Pewee - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Phoebe- 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Common Raven - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Tree Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 3
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Bobolink - 17
Red-winged Blackbird - numerous
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 3 - two birds at active nest (uncommonly high elevation for
species).
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow -~ 10
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
