[TN-Bird] Sequatchie Valley (Bledsoe Co.): Sc.-t. Flycatchers, Dickcissel, Bl.-cr. Night-Heron, Ring-necked Duck, etc. July 10, 2010
- From: "LeGrand Family" <elegrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:55:00 -0500
Steve Stedman and I birded the Sequatchie Valley in Bledsoe County this
morning into early afternoon and found a few notable birds. Here is Steve's
ebird list. The Scissor-tailed Flycatchers were dispersing, though the 7
birds were only found in the usual locations.
(Also we easily found the male Dickcissel at Shadow Mt. Estates in
Cumberland Co. [we didn't wait for the female to appear] and heard a/the
Willow Flycatcher along nearby Dunbar Rd. again.)
Location: Bledsoe County
Observation date: 7/10/10
Notes: Weather foggy early then clearing and quite hot (most of last 4
hours at 90 degrees or a bit more).
Number of species: 72
Canada Goose 55 30 at pond near Walter Miller Curve on Old Rt. 28
(south of Ninemile Crossroad); 25 at pond on Kelly Lane.
Wood Duck 1 Also 2 young.
Mallard 5 Probably largish young from local brood.
Ring-necked Duck 1 Male well-scoped at pond near Walter Miller Curve
on Old Rt. 28.
Northern Bobwhite 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1 T. A. Swafford Rd., now posted; bird seen at distance
flying in to one of the ponds.
Green Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Adult at pond on Upper East Valley Rd.
near intersection with Robbnett Rd.; probably first county record .
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 6
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Pond on Kelly Lane.
Least Sandpiper 2 Pond on Kelly Lane
Rock Pigeon 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5 1 calling at intersection of Old Rd. 28 and
Melvin Crossroad; 1 north of that intersection on Old Rd. 28 at Faith
Baptist Church; 3 at farmyard on Upper East Valley Rd. near intersection
with Old Dayton Rd.
Mourning Dove 30
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 7 1 ad. and 3 juveniles on Ninemile
Crossroad near the traditional nest site (but birds flew in from southeast
quite a distance away); 1 adult (male) and 1 juvenile at Slaughterhouse Rd.
(male in fencerow across Rt. 127 from Slaughterhouse Rd.); and 1 ad.
(probably female) near intersection of Upper East Valley Rd. and Akins Rd.
(near Swafford Pond).
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 45
Cliff Swallow 185 125 at bridge nesting site on Ninemile Crossroad;
60 on wires near intersection of Upper East Valley Rd. and Robnett Rd.
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 12
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 22
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 "Singing."
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 13
Field Sparrow 8
Grasshopper Sparrow 5 All heard.
Song Sparrow 8
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Blue Grosbeak 17
Indigo Bunting 23
Dickcissel 1 Singing male at wet depression ("Short-eared Owl" site)
on Ninemile Crossroad on our second time past the spot.
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Eastern Meadowlark 17
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 8
Ed LeGrand
Crossville, TN
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