[TN-Bird] Ceruleans galore

From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:21:04 -0500
April 10, 2011
17 male Cerulean Warblers around the north end of Center Hill Lake.

My husband John and I found 17 Cerulean Warblers in 7 different locations.
Several were solo males at traditional breeding locations "on territory",
one flock had 2 males, two flocks had 4 (or more) males.

Two of the flocks had 4  or more Yellow-rump Warblers.

One flock with one male also had
Pine Warbler (1)
Blue-winged Warbler (1)

Also singing were numerous:
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Northern Parulas
Yellow-throated Warblers
Hooded Warblers
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Red-eyed Vireo (5)
Worm-eating Warbler (3)
Scarlet Tanagers (2)
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
Yellow-throated Vireo (1)
Wood Thrush (1)
(I believe many of these were territorial birds)

The road to the Appalachian Center for Crafts is a traditional breeding spot
for Ceruleans and we had a total of 7 males on that road. Unfortunately, it
is also thick with female Cowbirds.

We ran into Randy Hedgepath as we arrived at Edgar Evans SP and he said that
Holly, the naturalist there, had been seeing Ceruleans for several days - I
intend to get the details.

Other birds of interest, including birds seen on the lake were:
Broad-winged Hawk (3)
Common Loon (3)
Bonapart's Gull (1im)
Forster's Tern (1) 
Osprey (1)
Bald Eagles (2)

Please keep your eyes out - the CERULEANS are back!! Send me your records or
post them on Tnbird!!

Melinda Welton
Franklin, TN

P.S. I also had a male Cerulean on April 8th, in Alabama on the south side
of Monte Sano, near Huntsville, on the trail at the Burritt Museum, in a
flock with Yellow-rumps, Black-throated Greens, Northern Parulas and several
resident birds.


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