[Bristol-Birds] Natural Tunnel this week
- From: Bill Cawood <b_cawood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bristol Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:54:13 -0700 (PDT)
Having a day camp of 9-13 year olds at Natural Tunnel State Park this week, I
have been in EARLY to our creekside interpretive office... Not a bad place for
birds and other wildlife. Some intertesting finds this week:
screech owl -- 1
barred owl -- 1
kingfisher -- 2 (1m, 1f)
blue jays harrassing 1 male red tailed hawk
red tailed hawk (same m &a f, they must be nesting nearby as they have been
flying in and out calling repeatedly)
woodthrush -- 2
whippoorwill -- 1
GBH -- 1
green heron -- 1
goldfinch -- >10
bluebird -- >6
scarlet tanager -- 1m, 1f
osprey -- 1, on the Clinch River near Clinchport
ruffed grouse -- 1 (scared me BIG time on the way to a cave)
eastern phoebe -- >/= 3
cooper's hawk -- 1
indigo bunting -- 1
black & white warbler -- 1
prairie warbler -- 2
brown thrasher -- 1
turkey vultures -- 7
blue wing teal -- 3
mallards -- 2
towhee -- 4m
Also reported in the park but unseen by staff: 2 black bears near the north
entrance of NT along Stock Creek, just a few hundred meters from the
interpretive center.
Bill Cawood, NTSP interpreter
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