[TN-Bird] Kyker Bottoms 2/16

From: "Robin Barrow" <braveladyrobin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:27:26 -0500
I attended the KTOS outing to Kyker Bottoms this past Saturday morning
(Blount Co.). The weather was mild, rising from 42 to 58 before we
left. The pools were full from the recent rains, and the ducks took
good advantage of them. There were easily over 1,000 water birds seen
between 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Charlie Muise flushed a BARN OWL from the gray
barn across the lane from the wetlands. Charlie and David Trent also
saw a male Northern Harrier and heard a Great Horned Owl before I
arrived. The rabbit hunters, who didn't disturb the ducks as much I
expected, flushed out about 10 Quail. Two red-winged blackbirds were
establishing their territories, while the chickadees sung their sweet
spring songs. I saw 4 species of sparrow: song, field, swamp, and a
great view of a Savannah.

Here are my rough estimates for what we saw:

Bufflehead 4
American Black Duck 30
Ring-necked Ducks 20
Wood Ducks 4
Gadwall
Canada Geese, 50
Mallards, several hundred
Hooded Mergansers 4
Northern Pintails 20-30
Northern Shoveler 40
Green-winged Teals 40
American Wigeon 10-20
unknown Accipiter
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Snipe 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Barn Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jays 5
Carolina Chickadees 8
Tufted Titmouse 2
Eastern Bluebirds 6
Northern Mockingbirds 2
Yellow-Rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinals
Song Sparrows 25
Field Sparrows 10
Swamp Sparrows 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2

Robin Barrow
Knox Co.
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