May 27, 2020
Jim Anderson, Debi Campbell, Roy Knispel and I birded Roan Mountain (still
using separate cars) and I did some additional birding around Elizabethton.
Some notables
Cormorant 2, Watauga River along Blevin's Rd.
Great Blue Heron 2 adults and a juvenile, same loc as cormorants
Saw-whet Owl, Carver's Gap
Acadian Flycatcher, RMSP shelter 1
Alder Flycatcher 2, Carver's Gap
Least Flycatchers, Twin Springs Picnic Area and Hummingbird Hill
Great Crested Flycatcher, Lyons Field along Tweetsie Trail
Blue-headed Vireos, various loc at Roan
Raven, Hummingbird Hill
Cliff Swallows, 19E Scn bridge over Watauga River in Eliz.
Red-breasted Nuthatches, Carver's Gap
Brown Creeper, Carver's Gap
Winter Wren, Carver's Gap
Golden-crowned Kinglets, Carver's Gap
Veerys, Twin Springs and Carver's Gap
Ovenbirds, various loc at Roan
Prothonotary Warbler, same loc as cormorants (see Roy's post)
Common Yellowthroat, RMSP shelter 1
Hooded Warbler, shelter 1
Yellow Warbler, shelter 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Hummingbird Hill and Carver's Gap
Canada Warbler 3, pull off below Carver's Gap
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Carver's Gap
Red Crossbill 5, Carver's Gap
Pine Siskins, Carver's Gap
Larry McDaniel
Washington County, TN
