[TN-Bird] Schoolhouse Gap Trail (GSMNP) & Foothills Pkwy, 05.26.2013

From: Angela Hoffman <ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 20:40:21 -0400
On Sunday afternoon, we birded along Schoolhouse Gap Trail in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park between 17:30  19:40 in hopes of finding
Swainson's Warbler. While we believe we heard two in the first half-mile
of the trail, we were never able to see one to confirm the ID. We walked
the trail from the parking lot up to 1.1 mile marker where it splits off
into different trails; from this point, we also covered about one mile on
the unnamed spur that appears on the left soon after this intersection. We
had our greatest success in actually seeing birds on this side trail,
including a male Hooded Warbler who was observed singing and carrying
food. This spur appears a few dozen feet past the trail intersection and
is marked by a "people" gate to keep horses out. Full species list below.

Northern flicker
Pileated woodpecker
Acadian flycatcher
Yellow-throated vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Blue jay
American crow
Carolina chickadee
Wood thrush
Northern parula
Black-throated green warbler
Black-and-white warbler
Worm-eating warbler
Swainson's warbler *probable but not confirmed
Louisiana waterthrush
Hooded warbler
Scarlet tanager
Northern cardinal

Wildflowers: Galax, Fairy wand (both male and female plants), Bowman's
root.


After dinner, we also visited the first two pull-outs along the Foothills
Parkway section in Walland between 21:20  21:40 to listen for nightjars.
We were rewarded with 4 Eastern whip-poor-will and 3 Chuck-wll's-widow. We
try to visit this spot each year, and it is consistently good for both
species.



Good birding,

Angela Hoffman & Seth McConchie
Knoxville, TN


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