[TN-Bird] KTOS field trip, Kyker Bottoms, Blount County, east Tenn
- From: "Trently, David J" <dtrently@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:50:56 -0500
(I sent this message to TN-Bird before the one about the Long-tailed
Duck, but it didn't post, so I'm sending it again. Sorry if it does come
through twice)
On Sunday morning, nine birders visited Kyker Bottoms in southwestern
Blount County (south of Knoxville). Temperatures ranged from about 18 to
36 degrees, with occassional snow flurries. We were there from 8:15
until some time before noon.
There is a lot of water there - should be great for ducks over the next
few weeks.
While there are plenty of sparrows there, the number seems lower than in
recent years at this time. No unusual species were found.
No shrike was found. One is often there in winter.
A nice find were at least two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERs, which used to be
fairly regular there, but haven't been during the past 2-3 years or
more.
Species list:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier - there may have been at least 4 here, including an
adult and an immature male.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl - one beautiful red phase bird stuck its head out of
a nest box and posed for a lot of photos.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler - one very yellow individual, not the grayer race
usually seen in east Tennessee.
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Number of Species: 43
David Trently
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
Knoxville, TN
NatureTours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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