A toe-tingling 29 degrees at start time eventually warmed into a pretty
nice morning.
10 birders rounded up the following.
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Mammoth Cave NP-- Edmonson Co. North entrance to VC parking lot, car
birding, about 6 miles
Date: Mar 21, 2023 at 7:29 AM
(2): Mammoth Cave NP-- Edmonson Co. VC area and Heritage trail, about 1.8
mile walk
Date: Mar 21, 2023 at 8:33 AM
5 Mourning Dove -- (1),(2)
1 Turkey Vulture -- (2)
1 Red-shouldered Hawk -- (2)
1 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2)
1 Barred Owl -- (1)
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- (2)
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (2)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1)
1 Northern Flicker -- (1)
2 Eastern Phoebe -- (2)
1 Blue Jay -- (1)
3 American Crow -- (2)
6 Carolina Chickadee -- (2)
8 Tufted Titmouse -- (2)
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet -- (2)
5 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (2)
3 Carolina Wren -- (2)
1 Brown Thrasher -- (2)
4 Eastern Bluebird -- (2)
18 American Robin -- (1),(2)
2 American Goldfinch -- (2)
3 Chipping Sparrow -- (2) singing for the first time this spring
17 Dark-eyed Junco -- (1),(2)
2 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (2)
7 Common Grackle -- (2)
2 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(2)
Steve Kistler
Hart County
