[TN-Bird] Hamilton County, TN Birding
- From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:09:58 -0400
We had one of the better one day species in Hamilton County on 4/23. I
personally observed 116 species and our group (Clyde Blum, Daniel
Jacobson, Patricia Dover-Bedwell) as a whole saw at least 120.
Highlights included:
Tennessee Aquarium Members fieldtrip at the Cravens House:
- 10 species of raptors including a Merlin
- 17 species of warblers including:
- 2 Tennesee
- 2 Nashville
- 3 Chestnut-sided
- 5 Cape May
- 2 Blackburnian
- 1 Bay-breasted
- 8 Blackpoll
- 1 Cerulean
- 1 American Redstart
- 1 Worm-eating
- 4 Hooded
- 1 Canada
- 4 Blue-headed Vireo
- 17 Scarlet Tanager
- 20 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- 1 Baltimore Oriole
Riverport
- 32 male Bobolinks
- 1 male Blue Grosbeak
Brainerd Levee
- 3 American Bittern
- 1 Marsh Wren
- 1 Sedge Wren
- 2 Sora
- 15 Greater Yellowlegs
- 6 Lesser Yellowlegs
- 2 Pectoral Sandpiper
Standifer Gap Marsh
- 1 Least Bittern
- 1 Virginia Rail
- 2 Gadwall
Misc.
- 1 Female Bufflehead at a pond off Riverside Drive
- 1 Peregrine Falcon at the usual place on railroad bridge
below Chickamauga Dam (had three falcon species)
- 1 basic plumaged Common Loon on Chickamauga Lake.
Kevin Calhoon
Chattanooga, TN
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