[TN-Bird] Re: TOS Weekend Compilation (NE Tennessee/SW Virginia)
- From: <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:32:46 -0400
Wouldn't you know it...I forgot Killdeer. The total is still 121. The
corrected list appears below.
Sorry :)
Rob
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
---- merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Here is the compilation for the TOS Meeting weekend in Northeast Tennessee.
> The birders fanned out into 2 states (NE TN and SW VA) for 2 days and found
> 121 species of birds. They were treated to a combined 25 Warbler Species, 3
> Vireo Species, 6 Thrush Species, 8 Blackbird Species, and 3 rail species as
> highlights.
>
> Individual Highlights include: Virginia Rail at Steele Creek Park from Larry
> McDaniel (et al) which was a park record for the city park in Bristol and a
> Broad-winged Hawk sitting on its nest; 2 Virginia Rail and 1 Sora from Rick
> Knight (et al) out of Quarry Bog in Shady Valley, the Shady Valley groups
> also has a Swainson's Warbler with great views courtesy of Ron Hoff's scope;
> Dick Peak saw a Evening Grosbeak fly across HWY 603 in the Laurel Vally
> Community of White Top; the Roan Mountain group got nice looks at a Pine
> Siskin nest, a Brown Creeper with nesting material in its mouth (note: I
> think the tree in question for a possible nest was just inside North Carolina
> on the road to the Rhododendron Gardens), and a Broad-winged Hawk flying over
> Round Bald (above Carver's Gap) with a snake in its talons. I included a
> Nighthawk that I saw at my apartment in Elizabethton, TN, as I was leaving
> to go to Roan Mountain to meet the group there on Sunday.
>
> The complete list below with a legend showing dates and abbreviations for
> places the birds were seen. Great weekend!
>
> W - White Top Mountain, VA (5/5/07),Ron Harrington and Dick Peak, 64 Species
> R - Roan Mountain, TN (5/6/07), Rob Biller and Larry McDaniel, 70 Species
> SH - Shady Valley, TN (5/5-6/07), Rick Knight, 69 Species
> ST - Steele Creek Park (5/5/07), Larry McDaniel, 57 Species + Cuckoo (sp)
> C- Clinch Mountain (5/5-6/07), Dave Worley, 55 Species
> SU - Sugar Hollow and Sugar Hollow Wetland Trail, Bill Grigsby, Rob Biller,
> Larry McDaniel, + Various
>
> 1. Canada Goose (W, SH, ST, SU)
> 2. Wood Duck (SH, C)
> 3. Mallard (W, SH, ST, SU)
> 4. Blue-winged Teal (SH)
> 5. Ruffed Grouse (R)
> 6. Wild Turkey (C)
> 7. Great Blue Heron (SH, ST, C)
> 8. Green Heron (SU)
> 9. Black Vulture (SH, C)
> 10. Turkey Vulture (W, SH, C)
> 11. Osprey (SU)
> 12. Cooper's Hawk (W)
> 13. Broad-winged Hawk (R, C)
> 14. Red-tailed Hawk (R, SH, ST, C)
> 15. Merlin (C)
> 16. Virginia Rail (SH, ST) - Park Record at Steele Creek in Bristol, TN
> 17. Sora (SH)
> 18. American Coot (C)
> 19. Killdeer
> 20. Solitary Sandpiper (SH)
> 21. Spotted Sandpiper (R, ST, C)
> 22. Least Sandpiper (SH)
> 23. Wilson's Snipe (SH)
> 24. Forster's Tern (C)
> 25. Rock Pigeon (SH)
> 26. Mourning Dove (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 26.5 Cuckoo sp. (ST)
> 27. Eastern Screech Owl (ST)
> 28. Common Nighthawk (Elizabethton - as the compiler left for Roan MT)
> 29. Chimney Swift (W, R, SH, ST)
> 30. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 31. Belted Kingfisher (W, SH)
> 32. Red-bellied Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
> 33. Downy Woodpecker (W, R, ST, C)
> 34. Hairy Woodpecker ( W, R)
> 35. Northern Flicker (W, R)
> 36. Pileated Woodpecker (R, SH, ST, C)
> 37. Acadian Flycatcher (ST)
> 38. Least Flycatcher (W, R, C)
> 39. Eastern Phoebe (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 40. Great-crested Flycatcher (W, SU)
> 41. Eastern Kingbird (C, SU)
> 42. Yellow-throated Vireo (ST)
> 43. Blue-headed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST)
> 44. Red-eyed Vireo (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 45. Blue Jay (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 46. American Crow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 47. Common Raven (R)
> 48. Tree Swallow (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 49. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (R, SH, ST, C)
> 50. Barn Swallow (W, R, SH, C, SU)
> 51. Carolina Chickadee (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 52. Tufted Titmouse (R, SH, ST, C)
> 53. Red-breasted Nuthatch (W, R)
> 54. White-breasted Nuthatch (W, SH)
> 55. Brown Creeper (R) Nesting Material in mouth, Just in North Carolina
> 56. Carolina Wren (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 57. House Wren (W, R, SH, SU)
> 58. Winter Wren (W, R)
> 59. Golden-crowned Kinglet (W, R, SH)
> 60. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (W, R)
> 61. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 62. Eastern Bluebird (W, SH)
> 63. Veery (W, R, C)
> 64. Swainson's Thrush (ST, SU)
> 65. Hermit Thrush (W)
> 66. Wood Thrush (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 67. American Robin (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 68. Gray Catbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 69. Northern Mockingbird (R, SH)
> 70. Brown Thrasher (SH, C)
> 71. European Starling (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 72. Blue-winged Warbler (R, C)
> 73. Golden-winged Warbler (R, C)
> 74. Tennessee Warbler (W, ST)
> 75. Northern Parula (W, R, SH)
> 76. Yellow Warbler (W, R, ST, C, SU)
> 77. Chestnut-sided Warbler (W, R, C)
> 78. Magnolia Warbler (ST, C)
> 79. Black-throated Blue Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 80. Yellow-rumped Warbler [Myrtle] (R, SH)
> 81. Black-throated Green Warbler (W,R, SH, ST, C)
> 82. Blackburnian Warbler (W, R, ST)
> 83. Yellow-throated Warbler (SU)
> 84. Pine Warbler (SH)
> 85. Blackpoll Warbler (SU)
> 86. Black and White Warbler (W, R, SH)
> 87. American Redstart (R, C)
> 88. Worm-eating Warbler (ST)
> 89. Swainson's Warbler (SH)
> 90. Ovenbird (W, R, ST, C, SU)
> 91. Louisana Waterthrush
> 92. Kentucky Warbler (ST)
> 93. Common Yellowthroat (R, SH, C, SU)
> 94. Hooded Warbler (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 95. Canada Warbler (W, R, SH, C)
> 96. Yellow-breasted Chat (R, C)
> 97. Summer Tanager (R, ST)
> 98. Scarlet Tanager (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 99. Eastern Towhee (W, R, SH, ST, SU)
> 100. Chipping Sparrow (W, R, SH)
> 101. Field Sparrow (W, R, ST, C)
> 102. Savannah Sparrow (SH, R) - next to 5512' Sign at Carver's Gap
> 103. Song Sparrow (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 104. White-throated Sparrow (ST)
> 105. Dark-eyed Junco (W, R, SH)
> 106. Northern Cardinal (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 107. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 108. Indigo Bunting (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 109. Bobolink (SH)
> 110. Red-winged Blackbird (W, SH, ST, C)
> 111. Eastern Meadowlark (SH)
> 112. Rusty Blackbird (SU - singing)
> 113. Common Grackle (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 114. Brown-headed Cowbird (W, R, SH, ST, C)
> 115. Orchard Oriole (SH)
> 116. Baltimore Oriole (C, SU)
> 117. House Finch (W)
> 118. Pine Siskin (R) - Nest Located @ Hummingbird Hill
> 119. American Goldfinch (W, R, SH, ST, C, SU)
> 120. Evening Grosbeak ( W - Dick Peak)
> 121. House Sparrow (W, SH)
> _____________________________
>
> Rob Biller
> Elizabethton, TN
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