Yesterday (Saturday, May 2) was the Elizabethton Bird Count 5-county
Spring Bird Count. Our group--Glen Eller (who counted all day from his
porch, watching feeders and yard), Pete Range, Harry Lee Farthing, Jerry
Bevins, Richard Lewis, Chris Soto, Jennifer Kennedy, Michele Sparks,
Tammy Griffey, and myself--counted in Shady Valley and parts of Eastern
Sullivan County. Here are a few highlights:
Hwy 421 Bridge boat launch area:
1 Black-billed Cuckoo first spotted by Pete Range
5 Red Crossbills first spotted by Jerry Bevins
1 Warbling Vireo
Hwy 421, 1/2 mile before the gap on the Sullivan County side
3 Blackburnian Warblers
Hwy 421 at the gap at the county line--Appalachian Trail crossing
2 Blackburnian Warblers
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Hwy 133 NE of Shady Valley
3 Swainson's Warblers
1 White-eyed Vireo
Orchard Bog
1 White-eyed Vireo
Musick's Campground
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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