[TN-Bird] Cades Cove birds - DICKCISSEL!
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:01:32 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks,
Yesterday, October 20, 2004, I spent a lot of time at Cades Cove.
First with high school kids from Cincinnati during the day, then I
led a park owl survey with high school kids from Austin East HS in
Knoxville.
The best bird was a DICKCISSEL that flew right over my head. I was
near the "increase fields" west of Hyatt Lane, where the park veg
crew are collecting seeds of native grasses and forbs. Two birds
flew right over my head as I was in the middle of a "quiet sit" with
the kids. The birds were no more than 15 feet off the ground. I
only looked at one. Saw all that yellow, and the black chest marks -
and it was certainly the wrong shape and size for EASTERN MEADOWLARk,
of which I saw at least 50.
During the day I saw 2 different NORTHERN HARRIERS, including a
gorgeous adult male, whom I flushed west of Hyatt Lane.
Sparrows are in, though I could only identify SONG, SAVANNAH, SWAMP,
WHITE-THROATED, FIELD and CHIPPING. Song accounted for nearly 90%.
There are still some PALM WARBLERS around.
Big miss for the day was we had no turkeys.
On the way back, we saw a hen RUFFED GROUSE along Tremont Road.
That night we were able to locate 6 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS and one
large owl that was either Barred or Great-horned, but we had only a
brief look, and it never vocalized.
Charlie
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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