I noted several common yard birds this morning along with a female summer
tanager that was feeding on peanut butter suet in Birchwood (Hamilton
County). I then drove down Shadden Road and Blythe Ferry Lane (Meigs County)
toward the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park. I saw a wild turkey near Shadden Rd.
and heard several yellow-breasted chats on both sides of Blythe Ferry Lane near
the newest 68 acre addition to the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. I also heard two
prairie
warblers on the south side of the road. Afterward I drove onto Priddy Road
(Meigs
County). There I saw a bobwhite quail hen cross the road with at least 20 very
young chicks.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
