[Bristol-Birds] late report - Elizabethton Club field trip to Washington Co.
- From: Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:46:25 EST
Last Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, the Elizabethton (Herndon) Chapter of TOS held
a field trip to western Washington County, TN. Participants were Dianne
Draper, Jacki Hinshaw, Don Holt, Reece Jamerson, Rick Knight, Joe McGuiness,
Mike
Poe, Brookie & Jean Potter, and Gary Wallace. The ten club members met in
chilly temperatures (26 degrees F) at 8 am in Jonesborough and carpooled to
various hotspots in the area, including Bush Hog Pond, the exotic animal farm,
Keebler Road, and Stockton Road. Several target species were found, including
Loggerhead Shrike, Red-headed Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon, Ostrich, and Yak.
Big
misses were Lapland Longspur, Eurasian Collared Dove, and Giraffe. A bonus
for those who stayed the latest was an albino Red-tailed Hawk on Snapp Bridge
Road who posed graciously for a close-up driveby. A tentative total for the
day was 46 native or naturalized bird species observed:
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Kildeer
Common Snipe
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Horned Lark
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
submitted by
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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