[TN-Bird] The Cove at Concord Park, west Knox County
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:53:02 -0400
Just spent a great 2+ hours at The Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County,
Tennessee this morning (June 1). No rare birds, no life birds but the kind of
morning that reminds me why I do this in the first place. My highlights:
CHIPPING SPARROWS. a family consisting of one adult and 3 juveniles was
walking around the grass at the west end of the Cove the whole time I was
there. They seemed oblivious to me and the adult would walk up quite close.
I'm so used to looking at sparrows through binoculars which enlarge them that
it was surprising to see just how tiny they are; definitely smaller than a
House Sparrow. I was hearing what sounded a little like a Kingbird and finally
realized it was the juvenile Chipping Sparrows begging... not a whiny call like
many species, more of a rattle. One more observation about the Chipping
Sparrows. When I first entered the Cove I was hearing a Chipping Sparrow
singing a slow song with individual notes, not the trill I'm used to, and I
wasn't sure it really was a Chipping Sparrow as it also sounded more melodic.
(I can have problems telling trillers apart anyway). Later the adult with the
young landed on the pavement a few feet from me and began to sing that slow,
melodic song. What a helpful bird!
BELTED KINGFISHERS. Three were chasing each other around. At one point they
all landed in the same tree and one, a male, spread his wings, looking like a
miniature cormorant.
OSPREY. Circled low several times, almost directly overhead.
NORTHERN FLICKER. Flew up into a tree a few yards away and posed for me. Then
he flew across the path to a telephone pole, worked his way to the top and
stayed, drumming and singing for 10 minutes or so. While watching him, out of
the corner of my eye I saw a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER land on a wire close to
the pole. I had thought I heard one a while before but I was concerntrating on
something else and by the time it registered what I thought I was hearing I
wasn't hearing it anymore. So, another helpful bird.
BARN SWALLOW. Landed in a puddle just beside the path and took a quick drink.
ORIOLES. A Male Orchard and Baltimore Oriole in one tree... the largest,
tallest tree at the west end of the Cove. Also either a female or juvenile
Orchard Oriole in the same tree. Later in two different trees close-up looks
at a first summer male Orchard Oriole singing and flying between the two trees.
The Baltimore Oriole (or another one) was head singing several times in
different locations but I only got that one look at him in the tree with the
Orchard Orioles.
If anyone needs Common Grackle or Canada Goose for their life list, the Cove
was the place to be this morning. Both had young and both were numerous.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN
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