The Chattanooga Chapter of the TOS went on a field trip on Saturday, 4 JUN
2016, which crossed parts of 5 counties. The 12 participants (led by Harold
Birch and Danny Gaddy) began at 0700 in Soddy Daisy (Hamilton County),
traveled up US 27 through Dayton to Spring City (Rhea), then to the top of
Hinch Mountain (3048', Cumberland), from there to US 127 in the Sequatchie
Valley (Bledsoe), then back to Hamilton County via Sequatchie County, ending
at 1600. Weather: 70 to 80 F; sunny early, heavy clouds and rain late; wind
SW Beaufort 2 early, 4 to 5 late. A total of 86 birds were identified; most
in Cumberland County (those seen only in another county noted):
Canada Goose (Sequatchie)
Northern Bobwhite (Bledsoe)
Great Blue Heron (Rhea)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (Rhea)
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (Hamilton)
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon (Bledsoe)
Eurasian-collared Dove (Rhea)
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (8, Hinch Mtn & Bledsoe)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker (Bledsoe)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Bledsoe)
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel (Bledsoe)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird (Bledsoe)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Bledsoe)
Loggerhead Shrike (Bledsoe)
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow (Bledsoe)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Bledsoe)
Song Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak (Bledsoe)
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (Bledsoe)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (Bledsoe)
House Finch (Bledsoe)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Gary Lanham, CTOS
Hamilton County
