[TN-Bird] Old Stone Fort Park near Manchester, Coffee Co, TN

From: FINCH64@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:56:13 EDT
A friend and I took a trip yesterday to Old Stone Fort Park near Manchester 
in Coffee County, TN. I thought I might do a little birding while I was there. 
I figured I would maybe see something.
It's a beautiful place with high bluffs looking down to the Duck River and 
the rapids below. Nice walking trails to see everything. If you can deal with 
having to step over roots that criss-cross the trails in some places - some 
that 
stick up pretty high out of the ground.

But my friend and I both noticed a significant lack of birds. I mean not one 
peep for most of our time there. At one point along the trail we did hear and 
see Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee and Tufted Titmouse. We could 
hear an American Crow calling in the distance. I saw a tiny little bird 
flitting from tree to tree but at my distance and with my awful eyesight (Terry 
Witt 
can vouch for my handicap -lol) it was impossible to tell what it was. It may 
have been a kinglet but it may just have been a Carolina Chickadee.

But that's it. Nothing else our entire time there - several hours from about 
1pm to almost 5pm.

We did see 2 deer up close which was nice and it is a beautiful place to just 
walk around the trails but not apparently a place to see alot of birds. At 
least not yesterday.

Anybody else ever have any better luck there?

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN


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