[TN-Bird] Cove Lake SP - Philadelphia Vireo, Great Egrets

From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:41:31 -0400

I had a wonderful few hours of birding at Cove Lake State Park in Campbell 
County today though I didn't start until 10:00 am.  One of the first birds I 
saw was a Yellow-throated Warbler walking on the fence around the tennis court, 
gleaning insects.  I had more killer looks at him (or possibly another) a 
couple of hours later in a big pine tree at the foot of the hill down from the 
restaurant.  That tree was a gold mine.  It also held a Philadelphia Vireo, a 
Prairie Warbler, a Pewee, a Palm Warbler, etc.  But the Yellow-throated warbler 
was the most persistent; I must have viewed it half a dozed times as it moved 
around.  And while I stood gazing up into the pine tree a Red-shouldered Hawk 
showed up and circled right over my head a few times.  Two Great Egrets were 
working the lake and an Osprey put on a show.  Just a great day to be there.  I 
really must get to Cove Lake more often.  

39 species


Mallard  7

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  5

Great Egret  2

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Killdeer  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Philadelphia Vireo  1     Blue Jay  7

American Crow  3

Carolina Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  12

Eastern Bluebird  1

Swainson's Thrush  2

American Robin  3

Gray Catbird  3

European Starling  14

Cedar Waxwing  8

Magnolia Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-throated Warbler  2      (maybe 3)

Prairie Warbler  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

American Goldfinch  2

 

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Carole Gobert, Knoxville

[TN-Bird] Cove Lake SP - Philadelphia Vireo, Great Egrets

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