[TN-Bird] Re: NTOS field trip
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "eyerout@xxxxxxxxx" <eyerout@xxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 20:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
Sounds like a great trip! Willet is always nice in TN! The hendersoni
subspecies of Short-billed Dowitcher in TN is the default subspecies, much more
likely than griseus from the east coast. I'm not aware of any griseus records
for TN, though I haven't researched this. Griseus is possible though, as Dave
Roemer has photographed this subspecies in KY. Would love to see a griseus
candidate in TN! Willet is the same way, with western Willet being the far and
away expected race; maybe a hurricane will bring an eastern here at some point!
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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From: Steve Routledge <eyerout@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 5:02 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] NTOS field trip
Saturday August 10th
TN-NWR- Duck River unit
Twelve birders participated in today's field trip to the Duck River Unit of
TN-NWR. A big hearty "Thank you !!" to Frank Fekel for co-ordinating the field
trips these last two years. Our most noticeable "miss" was the Roseate
Spoonbill. We took two separate loops around Blue Goose Boulevard but still
came up empty handed. On a brighter note we saw 61 species solidly with two
other possibilities including: a distant Forster's/Common Tern resting on a log
in the Tennessee River and an unidentified owl, large enough to be a second
Great Horned ( we saw one earlier perched pleasantly on an open snag in the
noon day sun) or possibly a Barred. We also got to enjoy splendidly close looks
at a Western Willet and what appeard to be the prairie subspecies of
short-billed dowitcher foraging side-by-side along the most southern side of
the Blue Goose Boulevard. Another welcome find was a group of 12-15 Little Blue
herons with at least three in adult plumage and a
large flock (30+) of Black Terns flying along the far side of the Tennessee
River as viewed from the trail that runs by the New Johnsonville pump house.
Our list included:
Canada Goose - 75
Wood Duck -2
Mallard - 6
Wild Turkey -5
Pied-billed Grebe- 2
Double-crested cormorant - 71
American White Pelican -5
Great Blue Heron - 45
Great Egret -95
Little Blue Heron - 15
Green Heron -3
Black Vulture -1
Turkey Vulture - 15
Osprey -4
Bald Eagle -1
Cooper's Hawk -1
Red-shouldered Hawk -2
Red-tailed Hawk -1
Killdeer-5
Spotted Sandpiper -4
Solitary Sandpiper-1
Willet -1
Short-billed Dowitcher -1
Caspian Tern -3
Black Tern - 30+
Common/Forster's -1
Mourning Dove -6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo -1
Great-Horned Owl - 1 (2?)
Barred Owl - (1)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Hairy Woodpecker -1
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood -Pewee - 3
Eastern Phoebe -1
Eastern Kingbird -1
White-eyed vireo -1
Blue Jay -2
American Crows -12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 52
Barn Swallow - 12
Carolina Chickadee -2
Tufted Titmouse -1
Carolina Wren - 6
Eastern Bluebird-17
American Robin -15
Norhtern Mockingbird -2
Prothonotary Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat -9
Northern Parula -1
Palm Warbler -1
Eastern Towhee - 3
Chipping Sparrow -7
Field Sparrow -2
Summer Tanager - 2
Northern Cardinal - 13
Blue Grosbeak -7
Indigo Bunting- 48
Dickcissel -17
Red-winged Blackbirds - 35
Common Grackle - 3
Orchard Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch -2
All in all another great day !
Steve Routledge
Clarksville
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