[TN-Bird] Spotted Towhee & Cackling Geese in Gibson County
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:05:18 -0800 (PST)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
East of Trenton, Gibson County
Spent some time yesterday afternoon out east of Trenton in Gibson County. The
first stop was Gibson County Lake where I had the following species:
Cackling Goose 3
Canada Goose 14
Gadwall 325
Mallard 400
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 150
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 250
Lesser Scaup 40
Ruddy Duck 100
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Horned Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 2 adults
American Coot 30
Killdeer 5
Least Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
American Crow 10
Savannah Sparrow 25
I then visited nearby Lake Hayes where there were no waterfowl of any kind. My
next stop was on Mary Queen Road where I had a big flock of birds feeding
beside
the road which was covered with snow. I turned the truck off and sat there for
about 30 minutes watching the flock come and go and had the following birds in
the immediate area:
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
SPOTTED TOWHEE 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 25
Dark-eyed Junco 40
Northern Cardinal 20
American Goldfinch 2
The Spotted Towhee was a male which I only saw briefly. There were 3 Eastern
Towhees in the flock (2 males and a female) and they were feeding besdie the
road. The Spotted Towhee never came out and fed on the roadsie with the others
but I got good looks at it as it was scratching around in the leaves in typical
towhee fashion in the brush a few feet off the road. I came back by the area a
couple of hours later and the flock was not in the same area but I did not have
the time to try to see if I could relocate them.
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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