[TN-Bird] Rusty Blackbird & Bufflehead at Louisville Point Park, East TN (Blount Co)

From: Jason S. <yourcatoliver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:29:10 -0600
Decided to try our luck at Louisville Point Park today (11/21/10) in Blount 
County, hoping to catch a glimpse of our first ever BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. 
Turns out you don't need luck at all, just a pair of eyes, which we do, and so, 
we did (see the nuthatch). Now it's official: I've seen all four North American 
nuthatchs. Lovely day for a GUINNESS... We also saw a nice male BUFFLEHEAD out 
on the river and some other duck species that were too far away to ID. Some had 
the aspect of mergansers, while others might have been Ring-necked Ducks. Why 
don't I just buy a dang scope already?
 
Anyway, 34 confirmed species on this beautiful Autumn day, including a RUSTY 
BLACKBIRD:
 
Canada Goose 2
Bufflehead 4 (I think there were more, but without a scope I couldn't be sure. 
What a pain in the...)
Pied-billed Grebe 10
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 1
American Coot 20+ (Seen from all three sides of the peninsula)
Ring-billed Gull 1
Belted Kingfisher 2 (I never get tired of seeing these guys dive. This bird is 
#2 on my "if you could come back as any bird" list)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4 (Saw a 5th crow dead in a juniper tree)
Carolina Chickadee 10 (Many were foraging in the pines at the end of the 
peninsula)
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3 (One in pines at end of penisula, two in deciduous 
trees along river near park entrance)
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (I pished, and he scolded me for it. The nerve!)
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 10+
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 10+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3 (These were seen foraging with a flock of about ten 
blackbirds in the pines at the end of the peninsula. A Rusty Blackbird was 
among them. Not all blackbirds could be ID'd because the flock flew away.)
Rusty Blackbird 1 (Seen foraging with a flock of about ten blackbirds in the 
pines at the end of the peninsula. Three of the blackbirds were Red-winged 
Blackbirds. Not all blackbirds could be ID'd because the flock flew away.)
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10+ (Many were foraging in the pines at the end of the 
peninsula)
 
 
Jason Sturner & Kelly Moran
Knoxville, TN                                     
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