Today, May 15, Peter Range, Harry Lee Farthing and I birded in parts of Hawkins
& Hancock Counties with some interesting sightings. On highway 70 in Hawkins
Co. going over Clinch mountain towards Kyles Ford we stopped at 3-4 pulloffs
going down the mountain and were treated to 3-5 singing male Cerulean Warblers.
In the Kyles Ford WMA we had several Bob-white, lots of Prairie Warblers &
Chats, white-eyed Vireos, Orchard Orioles and a single Blue Grosbeak. Near the
end of the WMA we found a colony of 40-50 Purple Martins. On Chestnut Ridge
Road we found a lot of the same species but added Yellow-throated Vireo,
Blackpoll Warbler & Spotted Sandpipers. On Alder Road we found several
Yellow-billed Cuckoo's, La Wate r- thrush, Kentucky Warbler, Great-crested &
Acadian Flycatchers. To end our morning of great birding we stopped at the
River Place Resturant for lunch and were treated to 3-4 Prothonotary Warblers.
Lots of good birds in an area that is seldom birded.
Glen Eller
Kingsport
