[TN-Bird] Kingston Steam Plant Saturday 10/18 - imm. norther harrier
- From: "Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:58:51 -0400
Saturday was a beautiful day for a leisurely stroll around the Kingston
Steam Plant in Roane County. It not being shore bird season, I was the only
birder there. I did encounter two fishermen leaving as I arrived in the
afternoon.
Only shore bird was the requisite lone great blue heron present on just
about every body of water in east Tennessee.
There was also a flotilla of coots (easily more than 20). mallards, palm
warblers, song sparrows and a meadow full of Eastern meadowlarks.
As I was leaving around 5:30 or so, I noticed a hawk hunting the meadows to
either side of the road leading from the parking lot. It stuck around long
enough for me to get some really good close looks at it, even perching
briefly low in the meadow. An immature northern harrier. It left and came
back a couple of times and I managed to snap a couple of quick photos of it
in the air. What a beautiful bird.
I returned late Sunday hoping for some better shots but the harrier didn't
show.
(I forget to say that Saturday in the stand of pines back near the
recreation area I found a brown headed nuthatch flitting around in a pine
right next to the water along with a palm warbler and Carolina chickadees.)
Carole Gobert
Knox County, Tennessee
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