[Bristol-Birds] Cattle Egret, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher, etc. (Cocke, Greene, Hamblen Co., TN)

  • From: "Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "TN-Bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 23:23:04 -0400

May 26, 2007

Cocke County (C)--Dutch Bottoms (DB), Rankin Bottoms (RB), Rankin Bridge, etc.
Greene County (G)--Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), Joachime Bible Refuge 
unit of Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (JBR), etc.
Hamblen County (H)--Lowland area

I birded most of the morning and then added a little more time in the evening 
today, finding a solid number of species, including some late transients.  
Here's a partial list :

Wood Duck (6 adults and 13 young C, 1 adult WMDC)
Blue-winged Teal (2 WMDC)
Northern Bobwhite (G, H)
Double-crested Cormorant (C)
Great Egret (5 RB)
Cattle Egret (RB)
Green Heron (4 C, 9 G)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (RB)
Osprey (5 C)
Semipalmated Plover (2 H)
Greater Yellowlegs (1 RB, 2 WMDC)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (4 H)
Least Sandpiper (2 WMDC)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (G (adjacent to West Greene High School))
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (4 C, 3 G)
Common Nighthawk (G (Greeneville))
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (C)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (G)
Willow Flycatcher (3 G (2 JBR, 1 Highway 348 adjacent to Lick Creek Bottoms WMA 
unit in Beulah community))
Great Crested Flycatcher (C, G)
Eastern Kingbird (1 C, 2 G, 1 H)
White-eyed Vireo (6 C)
Yellow-throated Vireo (RB)
Red-eyed Vireo (6 C, 3 G, 2 H)
Purple Martin (7 G)
Tree Swallow (4 G)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 C, 9 G)
Cliff Swallow (101+ C, 8 C / H at David T. Jones Bridge (Highway 160))
Wood Thrush (2 C, 1 G)
Gray Catbird (RB)
Yellow Warbler (H)
Prothonotary Warbler (10 C)
Common Yellowthroat (7 C, 13 G, 1 H)
Chipping Sparrow (3 C, 1 G)
Grasshopper Sparrow (6 G)
Blue Grosbeak (3 G)
Indigo Bunting (24 C, 29 G, 6 H)
Orchard Oriole (3 C, 4 G, 2 H)


Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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