[TN-Bird] Re: Turkey Creek Willow Flycatcher
- From: <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>,<tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:21:01 -0500
I ran the Lovell Breeding Bird Survey Route in west and northwest Knox County
on Sunday, 6/3, and had a Willow Flycatcher singing at the first stop on the
route. This stop is on the north side of I-40 at the junction of Lovell Road
and GIlbert Road. The bird singing from a brushy area on the west side of
Lovell Road and just south of the business in the southwest quadrant of the
Lovel/Gilbert Road intersection. This site is less than a mile from the
Turkey Creek Wetland and along an upstream portion of the Turkey Creek
drainage. The only previous record of a Willow Flycatcher on the Lovell BBS
route is from 1992, when I had 1 bird a mile or two away near the corner of
Mabry Hood and Hall Roads. By 1993 the field where the bird had occurred was
growing houses instead of birds - a depressingly common occurrence in this part
of Knox County.
Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN
>
> From: "Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2007/06/04 Mon AM 10:12:59 EST
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Turkey Creek Willow Flycatcher
>
> Between thunder storms Sunday I did some birding at the Turkey Creek Wetland
> in west Knox County and was rewarded by a singing Willow Flycatcher
> fitz-bewing among the willows just west of the creek that runs behind
> Shoney's. I was determined to see the singer and managed to get two looks
> at it. The first time it was partially obscured by foliage but its two
> white wingbars were evident. The second time it was perched on a dead tree,
> facing me but left when a Common Grackle landed beside it.
>
> Some other good birds included a female Orchard Oriole in the meadow, 2 or 3
> Brown Thrashers, a Gray Catbird and a few Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers. There are
> two new signs identifying the Turkey Creek Wetland and Greenway Trail (or
> some such label) and a bench overlooking the creek near the chip trail. The
> place is really looking good - lots of flowers and butterflies too.
>
> Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN
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