[TN-Bird] Tennessee weekend notes
- From: Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 07:07:58 -0700 (PDT)
Chad Smith and I made a 3 day transect of the state this weekend and there were
a few finds that may be of interest.
In GSMNP, there were 2 Swainson's Warblers singing on territory at the lower
end
of Schoolhouse Gap Trail.
The entrance to Kingston Steam Plant is now open, and Brown-headed Nuthatches
may easily be seen in the pines along the lake on the entrance road.
At Black Bayou section, Reelfoot NWR, a rice field has recently been flooded
and
will be a good shorebird/wader habitat for the time being.
We saw a large number of shorebirds here including Black-bellied and A Golden
Plovers, plus an attacking Peregrine Falcon.
At the end of the road that used to access Island 13 off the levee just south
of
Tiptonville, there is a colony of Bank Swallows.
The road has washed out completely; the colony is at the west end of the tilled
field to the north in the bank near the water.
This is also a good place to see Least Terns.
Cheers
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
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