[TN-Bird] Duck River Field trip

  • From: Steve Routledge <sroutledge1957@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: TN-birds Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:08:33 -0600

11/10/19

Twenty degree temperatures and sunny skies welcomed 26 birders from NTOS
and the Warioto Audubon chapter from Clarksville and a special guest from
our neighboring Kentucky Ornithological Society. Our journeys ranged from
Pool 1 and the Pump House levee to Pintail Point, Refuge Road to the
headquarters, and the soon to be closed Blue Goose Loop. North winds are
beginning to bring wintering waterfowl in modest numbers. Sixty-six species
were seen (not including the possibility of flyover un-identified Longspurs
photographed Ruben Stoll):

Snow Goose
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-Billed Grebe
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
American Robins
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumpled Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Thanks to one and all for a very enjoyable day!

Steve and Cyndi Routledge
Clarksville/Montgomery County

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