[TN-Bird] Hiawasee Area

  • From: "Boves, Than James" <tboves@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:37:49 -0500

UT avian ecology and management field trip to the Hiwassee area resulted in 60 
spp including 8(!) Whooping Cranes mixed in with ~500 Sandhills at Armstrong 
Ferry, 2 Loggerhead Shrikes along Hwy 302 NE of Dayton, 8 rusty blackbirds at 
Candies Creek, and 4-6 Ruddy Ducks on the river viewed from the Cherokee 
Removal Memorial site.  Whole spp. list is below
Location:     Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
Observation date:     2/13/11
Number of species:     60
 
Canada Goose     X
Wood Duck     2
Gadwall     X
American Wigeon     2
American Black Duck     X
Mallard     X
Canvasback     X
Ring-necked Duck     X
Bufflehead     X
Hooded Merganser     X
Ruddy Duck     X
Wild Turkey     X
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Great Blue Heron     X
Black Vulture     X
Turkey Vulture     X
Bald Eagle     X
Northern Harrier     X
Sharp-shinned Hawk     X
Cooper's Hawk     X
Red-shouldered Hawk     X
Red-tailed Hawk     X
American Kestrel     X
Sandhill Crane     X
Whooping Crane     8
Killdeer     1
Wilson's Snipe     3
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-headed Woodpecker     5
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X
Downy Woodpecker     X
Northern Flicker     X
Eastern Phoebe     X
Loggerhead Shrike     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Carolina Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
Brown-headed Nuthatch     X
Carolina Wren     X
Golden-crowned Kinglet     X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     X
Eastern Bluebird     X
American Robin     X
Northern Mockingbird     X
Brown Thrasher     X
European Starling     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Eastern Towhee     X
Song Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Eastern Meadowlark     X
Rusty Blackbird     8
House Sparrow     X     

Than Boves
Knoxville, TN



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