[TN-Bird] Humphreys Co. Birds 2/1 & 8

  • From: john froeschauer <jdfroesch@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: contact Audubon <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:46:29 -0800 (PST)

On Sunday, February 8th, Marilyn Burgess and I birded Old Johnsonville State 
Historic Area and the nearby Duck River Unit of the TN NWR in Humphreys County. 
Fields were flooded higher then I have seen in some spots at the Refuge and 
afforded close up looks at many ducks and others, an Orange-crowned Warbler 
being a nice highlight:

Gr. White-fronted Goose - 6
Snow Goose - 75
Canada Goose - 100+
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall 
Am. Widgeon
Mallard
N. Shoveler
N. Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback - 6
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Horned Grebe - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture - 2
Northern Harrier - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Am. Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull - 25
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Red-headed Woodpecker - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
N. Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay
American Crow
CR Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper - 1
CR Wren
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush - 1
Am. Robin
N. Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
N. Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

No Rusties, ran out of time to get to probable area. This week.

One worn Mourning Cloak butterfly was seen near Johnsonville.

A quick trip the TNNWR the previous Sunday, 2/1 yielded most of the same 
waterfowl in the flooded areas, plus the following:

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Dunlin - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 20

John Froeschauer
Nashville 


      
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