[TN-Bird] Great Smoky Mt. NP--Cades Cove, Mar 4, 2014 - 7 ducks species

  • From: birdglass44@xxxxxxx
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  • Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 18:56:03 -0500 (EST)

Spring is coming despite to cold, raw weather today in Cades Cove.  I had 38 
species of birds including 7 species of ducks on the sewage ponds. I believe 
this is the largest variety I've seen in one day there.

Warren Bielenberg
Maryville
Wood Duck 26 - 22     flew over Sparks Lane and landed in beaver pond along 
Abrams Creek, 4 on sewage pond


Gadwall  2
Mallard  2
Redhead  6
Ring-necked Duck  4
Bufflehead  24
Ruddy Duck  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Wild Turkey  13


Red-shouldered hawk 2

Northern Harrier  2     hunting fields along Hyatt Lane on both sides of bridge
Cooper's Hawk  1
Killdeer  3
Wilson's Snipe  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  14

Carolina Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Winter wren 1

Carolina Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  16
American Robin  500     3 flocks exceeding 120 in fields by stables, donation 
box, Martha's Branch and Sparks Lane, 100 in bunred area by Tater Branch and 60 
in Cable Mill area
American Pipit  1
Pine Warbler  3     in Tater Branch burn
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Fox Sparrow  9     on ground by corn crib behind Becky Cable house - most I've 
seen at one time in the Cove
Song Sparrow  14
Swamp Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  4
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Eastern Meadowlark  7




 

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