[Bristol-Birds] Birds at Naturalist Rally on Roan Mtn (TN)
- From: Robert Biller <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 18:51:01 -0400
Hello Tennessee and Bristol Birders,
The semi-annual Naturalist Rally was held this weekend on Roan Mountain. This
rally is sponsored by the Friends of Roan Mountain. The bird walk was led by
members of the Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter TOS and their friends. Former
member of the bird club, Allan Trently, took point leading the group to a
total of 73 species on Saturday with bird club member Larry McDaniel and
director of the spring rally Jennifer Bauer leading a group on Sunday. The
final total for the weekend was 74 species. At 12:05 Saturday morning Allan
Trently and myself (Rob Biller) started the official count with singing
Saw-whet Owl at the top of the mountain on the Tennesee side. The next morning
we had 14 species of warblers, 5 species of thrush, 4 species of finch, 1
cuckoo, and a Green Heron which was a first for me at the rally.
This list comprises birds found in the wee hours of Saturday morning through
Sunday Morning. From the scheduled bird walk that left from the lined off
field at 8:30 to Hampton Creek Cove with the butterfly walk led by Don Holt
(also present Allan Trently, Nora Schubert [leading her trip], Jackie Hinshaw,
Dianne Draper, et al.) On Sunday, the Broad-winged Hawk was the only new
species added to the list (with lots of rain). All birds listed were in Carter
County, TN (except for the Brown Creeper that was just in North Carolina - I am
not sure of the county). The complete list follows:
Green Heron (in field across the road from the roped off field)
Turkey Vulture
unidentified Accipter (couldn't see it good enough to determine between
Coopers and Sharp-shinned)
Broad-winged Hawk (Sunday)
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Mourning Doves
Black-billed Cuckoo (calling Sat afternoon at Hampton Creek Cove)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (TN)
Chimney Swifts
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flickers
Pileated Woodpeckers
Least Flycatchers
Eastern Phoebes
Blue-headed Vireos
Red-eyed Vireos
Blue Jays
American Crows
Common Raven
Tree Swallows
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Barn Swallows
Carolina Chickadees
Tufted Titmice
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Hummingbird Hill)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (singing just above Carver's Gap)
Carolina Wrens
House Wrens
Winter Wrens
Golden-crowned Kinglets (Carver's Gap)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush (singing at Carver's Gap - early morning)
Wood Thrushes
American Robins
Gray Catbirds
Brown Thrasher
Golden-winged Warblers (Golden-winged Warbler Curve and Hampton Creek Cove)
Northern Parulas
Yellow Warblers (Burbank and Hampton Creek Cove)
Chestnut-sided Warblers
Black-throated Blue Warblers
Black-throated Green Warblers
Black and White Warblers
American Redstarts (Golden-winged Warbler Curve and Hampton Creek Cove)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Campground and creek along main hwy)
Common Yellowthroats
Hooded Warblers
Canada Warblers (at and just below Carver's Gap - breeding location)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Hampton Creek Cove)
Scarlet Tanagers
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow (Burbank, Hampton Creek Cove)
Field Sparrow (Hampton Creek Cove)
Song Sparrows
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Northen Cardinals
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (good numbers)
Indigo Buntings
Red-winged Blackbirds (Burbank, Hampton Creek Cove)
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Pine Siskins (many at Hummingbird Hill)
House Sparrow
Good rally, Good times, Good Birds
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, Tn
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