[TN-Bird] pre-snow birds - Knox

  • From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:26:43 -0500 (EST)

Quick notes on a few decent opportunistic sightings in west Knox Co...

At least 2 FOX SPARROWs continue in the brushy areas around our
parking lot at work (near the Hardin Valley exit on Pellissippi).
I often hear them singing when I come to work in the morning.  On
Thurs, 28 Jan, I left work a little earlier than normal just before
dark and while listening to the Fox Sparrows, noticed a group of
at least 22 RUSTY BLACKBIRDs, my first this winter.  On the way
home, I stopped at the Food City on Middlebrook Pike.  Light was
really fading by then but there appeared to be at least a couple
of Rusties in with the Red-winged Blackbirds that roost in the
retaining pond there.

The morning gull flight over our house had become very erratic
since the cold spell ended a couple weeks ago with many days when
no gulls were seen heading (presumedly) to the landfill in Anderson
Co.  Not the case this morning (29 Jan) as there was a near constant
stream of gulls passing overhead.  I would estimate about 2000
RING-BILLED GULLs (not counting how many I may have missed while
getting ready for work) plus 2 1st-winter HERRING GULLs (my first
since 17 Jan).

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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