[TN-Bird] Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, east Tenn
- From: David Trently <dtrently@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:13:09 -0400
On Friday morning (April 10) I spent 5 hours birding at the refuge in east
Knox County, east Tennessee (Exit 402 off I-40). It turned out to be a great
day to look for birds there. We'll have to schedule field trips there in early
April next year. Sparrows were very well represented, with 10 species!
Temp 42-68 deg F
7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Here's the list:
Double-crested Cormorant 17
Great Blue Heron 5. Three nests seen on an island in the French Broad River.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 (not commonly seen here)
Canada Goose 17, most in pairs
Mallard 2 (male/female)
Blue-winged Teal 8
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 1 (still no sign of interest in the nesting platform erected a couple
years ago)
N Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Am Kestrel 1
Wild Turkey 1
N Bobwhite 10
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Wp 1
N Flicker 4
E Phoebe 2
Purple Martin 1 (none seen at martin house erected a month or two ago)
Tree Swallow 5 (at martin house)
N Rough-winged Swallow 5 (may be nesting on cliffs across river)
Barn Swallow 4 (nesting in barn)
Blue Jay 0
Am Crow 3 (actually uncommon at this location!)
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
E Bluebird 9 (nesting in a pole)
Am Robin 26
N Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 6
Eur Starling 16
Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
Palm Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
N Cardinal 33
E Towhee 15
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sp 56
Vesper Sp 5
Savannah Sp 9
Song Sp 16
Lincoln's Sp 1
Swamp Sp 32
White-throated Sp 36
White-crowned Sp 76 (numbers keep growing every time I go there! This has
become a major wintering place for these sparrows)
Red-winged Blackbird 35
E Meadowlark 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 17 (these were following birds everywhere!)
Purple Finch 2 (I think these were my first seen here)
House Finch 3 (including one bringing nesting material into the martin
house)
Am Goldfinch 26
butterflies:
Cabbage White
West Virginia White (lifer!)
Falcate Orange-tip
Clouded Sulphur
Zebra Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Horace's Duskywing
Pearl Crescent
probable Spring Azure
selected wildflowers
Dwarf Larkspur
Virginia Spring Beauty
Mountain Stonecrop
Fire Pink
one dragonfly: baskettail sp.
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