[TN-Bird] Recent (and not-so-recent) observations (Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Washington Co., TN)

From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:55:50 -0500 (EST)

January 20, 2013 

Greene County: Greeneville, Mosheim, Tusculum, Joachim Bible Refuge unit of 
Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (JBR), Kinser Park (KP), etc. 

Hamblen County: Whitesburg and Russellville 

Hawkins County: Rogersville, etc. 

Washington County: Limestone area 

Pardon my tardiness on this. Much has been going on lately, and my e-mail time 
has decreased. Here's a bit of catch-up. 

Greene 

Greater White-fronted Goose (3-7, Gravel Woods Rd., Jim Kirk Rd., Dec. 30; Jan. 
1, 20) 
Snow Goose (1-9, Oak Hills Rd., Gravel Woods Rd., Jim Kirk Rd., Dec. 23, 30; 
Jan. 1, 20) 
Ross's Goose (1, Oak Hills Rd., Gravel Woods Rd., Dec. 23; Jan. 20) 
Wood Duck (2-5, Nov. 18; Dec. 22; Jan. 1) 
Gadwall (9-27, Dec. 22, 30; Jan. 1, 13, 20) 
American Wigeon (2-25, Dec. 22; Jan. 1, 20) 
Northern Shoveler (2-7, Dec. 30; Jan. 1, 20) 
Northern Pintail (2-5, Dec. 30; Jan. 1, 20) 
Green-winged Teal (1-91, Dec. 30; Jan. 1, 20) 
Redhead (1-11, 2 sites, Jan. 12-13) 
Ring-necked Duck (3, Jan. 20) 
Bufflehead (2, Jan. 20) 
Hooded Merganser (1-2, Dec. 22; Jan. 12, 20) 
Ruddy Duck (1, Greeneville, Dec. 30; Jan. 12-13, 19) 
Wild Turkey (3-49, Nov. 22, 24, 29; Dec. 22, 24-25; Jan. 3) 
Pied-billed Grebe (1-6, Nov. 23-25; Dec. 1, 8, 22-25; Jan. 1, 5-6, 12-13) 
Osprey (1, Jim Kirk Rd., Jan. 1) 
Northern Harrier (1-10, Dec. 22-23, 30; Jan. 1, 5, 20) 
Cooper's Hawk (1-2, Nov. 18, 28; Dec. 4, 13, 15-16, 22, 30; Jan. 1, 5, 11, 13, 
19-20) 
Peregrine Falcon (1, Dec. 9) 
Red-shouldered Hawk (1, KP, Nov. 23) 
Wilson's Snipe (1, Dec. 22; Jan. 12) 
Ring-billed Gull (17 flyovers, downtown Greeneville, Dec. 6; 6100+, 2 sites, 
Jan. 20) 
Herring Gull (5 1st-cycle, Jan. 20) 
Eurasian Collared-Dove (1, Mosheim, Dec. 22; Jan. 1) 
Eastern Screech-Owl (1, 2 sites, Dec. 4, 22; Jan. 4) 
Great Horned Owl (1-3, 3 sites, Dec. 6, 10, 16, 22, 27; Jan. 2-3, 5, 7-8, 11, 
16, 18) 
Short-eared Owl (2, JBR, Dec. 23; Jan. 1) 
Red-headed Woodpecker (1-2, Dec. 30; Jan. 1, 20) 
Loggerhead Shrike (1, intersection Murray Bridge Rd. / Sapp Rd., Jan. 20) 
Common Raven (1, Pottertown Rd., Jan. 20) 
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1-5, several sites, Nov. 23; Dec. 22; Jan. 5) 
Brown Creeper (1-2, Nov. 28; Dec. 8, 22; Jan. 12) 
Winter Wren (1-6, Nov. 22-23; Dec. 1-2, 22-23, 30; Jan. 5) 
Hermit Thrush (1-2, Nov. 22; Dec. 22; Jan. 5) 
American Pipit (1, Nov. 22-23) 
Chipping Sparrow (2-18, Nov. 18, 23; Dec. 22; Jan. 5, 19) 
Savannah Sparrow (4-7, Dec. 22; Jan. 19-20) 
Fox Sparrow (2-3, adjacent to JBR, Dec. 23; Jan. 1) 
Swamp Sparrow (1-6, Dec. 1, 14, 22-23, 25, 30; Jan. 1, 5, 12-13, 16, 19) 
White-crowned Sparrow (3-11, Dec. 22; Jan. 1, 20) 
Rusty Blackbird (2-135, Dec. 22, 30; Jan. 1) 
Purple Finch (1, Jan. 13) 
Pine Siskin (1, Jan. 8) 

Hamblen 

Gadwall (5, Jan. 1) 
American Black Duck (1, Jan. 1) 
Northern Pintail (6, Jan. 1) 
Canvasback (1, Needmore Rd., Dec. 30; Jan. 1) 
Lesser Scaup (12, Needmore Rd., Dec. 30) 
Bufflehead (4-18, Needmore Rd., Dec. 30; Jan. 1, 20) 
Northern Harrier (1, Dec. 30; Jan. 20) 

Hawkins 

Wild Turkey (4-12, Dec. 23; Jan. 1) 
Ring-billed Gull (4, Rogersville, Dec. 23) 
Swamp Sparrow (1, Dec. 23) 

Washington 

Horned Lark (4, Keebler Rd., Jan. 12) 

Don Miller 
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

[TN-Bird] Recent (and not-so-recent) observations (Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Washington Co., TN)

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