[TN-Bird] KTOS Field Trip
- From: "Dan and Laurie Mooney" <birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TNBIRDS" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:56:13 -0500
The KTOS hosted a field trip to Ft Loudoun Dam and the East Shore Trail this
morning, 1/22/06. Both are in Loudon County in east Tennessee. Five of us
followed Tony King (leader) around some of his favorite birding locations.
In the area of the dam the highlights were two bald eagles and a northern
harrier fly over. On the drive to the East Shore Trail David Trently spotted a
loggerhead shrike sitting on a barbed wire fence along Axley's Chapel Road (N35
42.902 W84 12.793). The shrike had a cache of at least three large
grasshoppers on the top row of wire.
On the East Shore Trail we had 50+ cedar waxwings, brown creeper, and at least
3 hermit thrush. The complete list follows.
The surprise bird of the day was an orange-crowned warbler coming to Tony
King's suet feeder. Another highlight in Tony's yard was 4 purple finches.
I have listed species by the first place they were seen, except when they were
seen at all locations. We started our day at Ft Loudoun Dam, birded Axley's
Chapel Rd as we drove to the East Shore Trail, and finished up with hot soup
and great views at Tony King's home in Lenior City. We totaled 48 species on
the day.
Dan Mooney
Knoxville, TN
Canada Goose Ft. Loudoun Dam
Wood Duck Ft. Loudoun Dam
Mallard Ft. Loudoun Dam
Pied-billed Grebe Ft. Loudoun Dam
Great Blue Heron Ft. Loudoun Dam
Black Vulture Ft. Loudoun Dam
Turkey Vulture Ft. Loudoun Dam
Bald Eagle Ft Loudoun Dam
Northern Harrier Ft. Loudoun Dam
Red-tailed Hawk Ft. Loudoun Dam
American Kestrel Axley's Chapel Rd
Ring-billed Gull Ft. Loudoun Dam
Rock Pigeon Ft. Loudoun Dam
Morning Dove All locations
Belted Kingfisher Ft. Loudoun Dam
Red-bellied Woodpecker East Shore Trail
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tony King's yard (Lenior City)
Downy Woodpecker East Shore Trail
Northern Flicker East Shore Trail
Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay East Shore Trail
American Crow All locations
Carolina Chickadee East Shore Trail
Tufted Titmouse East Shore Trail
White-breasted Nuthatch East Shore Trail
Brown Creeper East Shore Trail
Carolina Wren East Shore Trail
Golden-crowned Kinglet East Shore Trail
Ruby-crowned Kinglet East Shore Trail
Eastern Bluebird Axley's Chapel Rd
Hermit Thrush East Shore Trail
American Robin East Shore Trail
Northern Mockingbird Axley's Chapel Rd
European Starling Ft. Loudoun Dam
Cedar Waxwing East Shore Trail
Orange-Crowned Warbler Tony King's yard
Yellow-rumped Warbler East Shore Trail
Pine Warbler East Shore Trail
Eastern Towhee East Shore Trail
Song Sparrow East Shore Trail
White-throated Sparrow East Shore Trail
Northern Cardinal East Shore Trail
Red-winged Blackbird Tony King's yard
Eastern Meadowlark Axley's Chapel Rd
Purple Finch Tony King's yard
House Finch Tony King's yard
American Goldfinch Tony King's yard
House Sparrow Tony King's yard
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