Birding highlights noted below were observed on my home property in Birchwood
or elsewhere in Hamilton County, as noted, or at the Cherokee Removal Memorial
Park in Meigs County.
* Ruby-throated Hummingbird – only one was still here – October 8 – home
* Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – first of the season (FOS) – October 8 – home
* Red-breasted Nuthatch – October 9 – home
* Veery – A LIFE BIRD for me – October 9 – CRMP
* Swainson’s Thrushes – a few seen both dates – home
* Tennessee Warbler – October 8 – CRMP, October 9 – home
* Magnolia Warbler – both dates – home; October 9 – CRMP
* Bay-breasted Warbler – October 9 – home
* Yellow-rumped Warbler – October 8 – DeFriese Road, Birchwood – October 9
– home
* Dark-eyed Junco – first of the season (FOS) – October 9 – home
* Rose-breasted Grosbeaks – from one to several almost daily since
September 19 at home
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
