[TN-Bird] Spring is in swing...
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:57:18 -0700 (PDT)
March 31, 2014
Obion, Lake, and Dyer Counties
I hit a few spots in NW Tennessee today to see what birds had arrived and found
several new spring arrivals:
Garrett Sawmill Road, Obion County:
Northern Harrier - 1, with a snake in its talons
American Golden-Plover - 30
Killdeer - 50
Wilson's Snipe - 80
American Pipit - 60
Horned Lark - 50
Savannah sparrow - 40
Hwy 216 near the Obion River (large flooded field):
American Golden-Plover - 2
Killdeer - 24
Solitary Sandpiper - 8 (FOS)
Lesser Yellowlegs - 36
Greater Yellowlegs - 15
Pectoral Sandpiper - 55
Least Sandpiper - 80
Baird's Sandpiper - 2 (FOS)
Wilson's Snipe - 27
Barn Swallow - 2 (FOS)
Central High Road, Obion County:
Osprey - 1, with fish in talons
N. Hall Griffin Road, Obion County:
Adult Dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk - 1, this bird has been present in the area
all winter
Sublett Road, Obion County:
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Brown Creeper - 1, singing
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (FOS)
Ed Sublett Road, Obion County:
Pine Warbler - 1, singing
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Warbling Vireo - 1, singing (FOS)
Ponds, Pleasant Hill Road, Obion County:
Ring-necked Duck - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Old Turnpike Road, Obion County:
Great Egret - 1 (FOS)
Jct. Hwy 79W and Great River Road, Lake County:
Blue-winged Teal - 300
Green-winged Teal - 450
American Wigeon - 30
Gadwall - 15
Northern Shoveler - 40
Mallard - 23
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great River Road, Lake County/Dyer County line:
Blue-winged Teal - 75
Green-winged Teal - 80
Northern Shoveler - 25
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 200
Ring-billed Gull - 100
Hwy. 412, Dyersburg (near jct. with Hwy. 51), Dyer County:
Merlin - 1
Macedonia Bottom, western Gibson County:
Great Blue Heron - at least 25 nests in nesting colony (I will try to get an
exact count soon)
Great Egret - 1 seen flying into the colony
I had my FOS N. Rough-winged Swallows and Chipping Sparrows over the weekend in
Trenton, Gibson County.
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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