[Bristol-Birds] Hooded Warbler
- From: "Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:33:43 -0400
Walked upstream from the American Way access to the greenbelt trail along Reedy
Creek in Kingsport this morning mainly to try and relocate the pair of
Red-shouldered Hawks that had been found nesting here in past years. I did not
find any evidence of their presence, but it sure was a nice walk. One of the
first birds I had on the trail was a Hooded Warbler, my first of this spring.
One pair of Yellow-crowned Night Herons were sitting on a nest just up the
trail from the entrance. This was the only nest or herons I saw walking from
where I started up to the Exchange Place. There was a magnificent display of
blooming spring wildflowers on a steep hillside above the trail. Beautiful
double-fist sized clumps of hepatica blooms were common...some white, others
with a hint of purple or pink. Large carpets of Spring Beauty and Troutlily
were also in bloom along with Trillium, Phlox, Dutchman's Breeches, Violets,
Dwarf Larkspur and others I could not identify on the spot. Well worth the
short walk. Here is a partial list of birds:
Hooded Warbler
Tree Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Goldfinch
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
American Kestrel
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Wood Duck
Eastern Kingbird (first of season)
Red-tailed Hawk
Rick
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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