Nicholas Lorch birding
Carter County, TN
4 July 2015
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1)
Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Winter Wren (2)
Vesper Sparrow (3) "streaks only on upper chest, no spot on the breast,
slightly reddish shoulder"
Cherokee National Forest--Carver's Gap
Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) "mixed in with Golden-Crowned, about 15 kinglets in
total. at least 2 had only red on the crown, with no black-and-white
markings on the head"
Magnolia Warbler (1) "Yellow belly with black streaking, dark back, white on
face"
Blackburnian Warbler (1)
Moderator's Note: I am not aware of any July records for Northeast
Tennessee. There are at least a couple for the mountains of western
Virginia. There are June records from Roan Mountain and Holston Mountain in
NET.