[TN-Bird] Cherokee NF
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, butternuts <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
Hi folks,
Tracey, Allan and I camped at Whigg Meadow and hiked around that
section of Cherokee National Forest (both Monroe County, TN and Swain
County, NC) on Saturday and Sunday. We mostly had the same birds in
both states. FOS = first of season for us.
On the way up, we stopped at Telliqua Outfitters, at the base of the
Cherohala Skyway. Lots of improvements there, and worth taking a
look. He tells us that the topo map for that region is about to be
re-published. This is very good news, as the old one is sadly out of
date!
Great Blue Heron - on the river along Cherohala Skyway
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Mourning Dove
Woodcock - "peenting" at the bald Saturday evening
Barred Owl - pair duetting at the meadow at 2am Sunday. Beautiful!
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher - over the water along Cherohala Skyway
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - didn't actually see or hear any, but there
were some sap wells that looked like they were less than a week old?
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Pheobe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven - 1 on 2 separate occasions over the meadow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - over the river along the skyway
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee (Somehow we missed Black-capped?!?)
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper - singing
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren - a true treat to hear these guys singing again! We
heard at least 15 individuals
Golden-crowned Kinglet - at least 3 singing
Eastern Bluebird - in the boxes at the meadow
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (still no catbirds for me this year?)
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler - FOS singing at the meadow
Black-throated Blue Warbler - FOS, on territory in several rhodo
patches
Yellow-rumped Warbler - several singing
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler - FOS
Yellow-throated Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler - FOS
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird - FOS
Louisiana Waterthrush - on the river along the skyway
Eastern Towhee - singing at the meadow
Field Sparrow - singing at the meadow
Dark-eyed Junco - the most numerous bird of all, as usual
NOrthern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Good day!
Charlie
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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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