[TN-Bird] Birchwood to Yuchi Refuge and Return

  • From: "Charles Murray" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
  • To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:05:11 +0000 (UTC)

Hugh Barger and I left Birchwood (Hamilton County) about 7:25 AM this morning
for a birding trip to Yuchi Refuge (Rhea County). Highlights were:
·        Cliff swallows – an estimated 200 in Meigs Co.near the Highway 60
bridge.·        Purple martins – in a colony in Meigs Co. nearthe Hwy
60-Shadden Rd. junction·        Osprey – Highway 302 (Rhea Co.)·        Cattle
egrets – about 25 in a mowed field offHighway 302 (Rhea Co.)·        Bald eagle
– with a fish in its talons overYuchi Refuge (Rhea Co.)·        Great egret –
Yuchi Refuge·        Wild turkeys – 2 at Yuchi Refuge ·        Wood ducks – 2
at Yuchi Refuge·        Yellow-billed cuckoos – 2 at Yuchi Refuge·        
Eastern wood pewee – at Yuchi Refuge
·        Wood thrushes – 2  or more at Yuchi Refuge·        Gray catbirds – 2
at Yuchi Refuge·        Prothonotary warblers – 2 or, more likely, 3 seenat
Yuchi Refuge ·        Common yellowthroats –  a few seen, several more heard at
YuchiRefuge ·        Prairie warbler – 1 seen, 2 or more others heardat Yuchi
Refuge
A total of 45 species were seen on the trip.

Charles MurrayBirchwood, TN

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