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[TN-Bird] Shrikes plus more (Robertson Co.) (Tony Lance)

Today on my regular drive around the Cedar Hill Swamp Wildlife Management Area I was surprised to see not one, but two Loggerhead Shrikes on Carter Rd. at the usual spot on Johnson's dairy farm. I wonder whether both have been there all along or whether the second is newly arrived. In any case, it was certainly a nice find. Also of note was a flock of 12 Eurasian Collared Doves, by far the most I've seen here. I suspect this species bred in that area this year because I regularly saw a pair of them. (On the drive back to Springfield I saw another Collared Dove just inside the city limits on Hwy 431.) Several groups of both Horned Larks and Pipits, each numbering in the ...

[TN-Bird] Sandhill cranes in East Nashville (barbara harris)

were headed southeast. Barbara Harris Nashville, TN Davidson County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds ...

[TN-Bird] Cove Lake State Park (Robin Barrow)

On Saturday, Nov 21, eight members and friends of KTOS gathered for a field trip at Cove Lake State Park in Campbell Co. It was a classic, beautiful fall day, chilly in the morning and warm by noon, with mostly clear skies. The highlight of the day had to be the most sanguine Bald Eagle I've ever seen, who sat in a tree in the park for a full hour and let us come within 30 feet. It did not even move when 6 American Crows began to harass it. Another Bald Eagle was perched on the far side of the lake. We also saw a late Green Heron who liked to pose for pictures, and I particularly enjoyed the Common Loon which Chris Welsh helped me get a good view of. Surprising absences were ...

[TN-Bird] Memphis to Reelfoot (OLCOOT1)

Nov. 21, 2009 Lauderdale WR Great River Road Reelfoot Lake Only 19 species of waterfowl on the trip with many flotillas on the Mississippi that were mostly scaup but included both Canvasback and Redheads. The best find was a single BLACK SCOTER out from the boat ramp at Champy Pocket on the west end of the lake. At Lauderdale, they are just flooding the ...

[TN-Bird] Virginia Rails in southern Fentress County (LeGrand Family)

At the end of a long day of birding southern Fentress County today (Sat., Nov. 21), at dusk Steve Stedman and I checked out a large field with a small wet weedy area. Lo and behold, a Virginia Rail responded to a recorded call, and to our amazement it was followed by another one calling about 100 yards away in a narrow seep with cattails. This upland field with a few wet areas is just north of TN 62, exactly 1 mile east of the intersection of US 127 and TN 62 in Clarkrange (a couple of miles north of the Cumberland County line). Earlier in the day we had found Swamp Sparrows, a Palm Warbler, and a snipe there, but last February there had been a couple of Sedge Wrens (none today though). ...

[TN-Bird] Re: RPT: Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge: Orange Crowned warblers, House Wren (Ben Britton)

Hello, Made a similar trip to seven islands today (11-21) from 1045-1315. Saw many of the same birds including good looks at the orange-crowned warblers bathing in the dew covered briar leaves. I also had a good look at a house wren that popped out of the cedars. Missed the winter wren, hawks, and NO water birds. Nice weather. ...

[TN-Bird] Little Gulls at Reelfoot! (Todd, Michael C.)

11/21/09 Reelfoot Lake Jeff called again, and with more distant looks is still convinced the grebe is a Clark's. He stayed to watch the gulls come into the roost out in the lake, and hit paydirt once again. So, now we can add 2, or possibly 3 Little Gulls at Reelfoot to the one at Lick Creek! He had an adult and a young bird with some juvenile feathering left on the back, and possibly a 3rd bird. Also a dozen or so Franklin's, and a 3rd-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. He said probably 4000 or so gulls late in the day when they were coming to roost. The roost was out in the lake, out from the same area I described earlier today. ...

[TN-Bird] Ky Lake Little Gull - no luck today (Terry Witt)

Spent a beautiful day at Ky Lake, very unusual for Nov 21 (global warming??) WhenI reached Lick Creek around 11 AM, the group of Bonaparte's gulls were all airborne, and frequently out of sight from the boat ramp. After walking through the woods for closer views and better light, they all were perched on a sandbar. It is certainly possible that the Little Gull was there and hidden in the scrum, but I couldn't find any first year birds despite looking for an hour.There were severalhundred Bonys and a handful of ringbills present. Did not find any unusual birds all day, the ducks are just arriving with large rafts of scaup and ruddies present. Not even aCanada Goose for the list! ...

[TN-Bird] Probable Clark's Grebe; Reelfoot Lake (Lake Co) (Todd, Michael C.)

11/21/09 Reelfoot Lake area Jeff Wilson just called me while I'm stuck here at work, and he has a distant Aechmophorus Grebe on Reelfoot, which he is pretty sure is a Clark's. He is looking out from the boat launch area just west of the Obion/Lake County line, in the Blue Bank area. He is hoping to get better/closer looks at the bird, but everything looks good for Clark's. Also on Reelfoot he has had a Black Scoter, Franklin's Gull, and brief looks at a small gull in the distance that could be an adult Little Gull, as he caught a ...

[TN-Bird] PINE SISKIN (Birds and Trails)

TN-Birders: It was with mixed emotions that I saw my fos PINE SISKIN at my feeders this past Tuesday, November 17th. I've always looked forward to/ enjoyed this species. Last winter I had hundreds (literally) and thought (back then) I didn't want them next year. Well, ... I was surely glad to see him/ her again. There was only one. And I haven't seen another; however I haven't spent much time watching the feeders - or the yard. ...

[TN-Bird] Re: Wintering hummingbirds (Chris Sloan)

I'm also interested in winter hummer reports. Thus far, I am not aware of any that are still coming to a feeder in TN, which until last winter would have been very unusual over the last 10-15 years. Chris Sloan Nashville, TN On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Aborn David-Aborn@xxxxxxx wrote: ...

[TN-Bird] Wintering hummingbirds (David Aborn)

TN-Birders: I received a request from Joe Lively with the Richmond Chapter of the National Audubon Society to let him know about any hummingbirds you might see this winter. He can be contacted at joelively@xxxxxxxx He also wanted me to let you know about a book he has written entitled HUMMINGBIRDS AND FLOWERS THEY LOVE. Most of the content focuses upon hummingbird facts and a gallery of flowers found along the migration route. He has given each of these flowers has a relative rating to indicate how well the flower attracts hummers. If you would like a copy, it can be ordered at ...

[TN-Bird] Little Gull etc. (KY Lake) (birder1)

11/19/09 KY Lake area of Benton and Henry Co I birded the morning with a friend from out of the area, and it was extremely slow until we popped into Lick Creek at 11:30 or so. We started at Rocky Point on the Big Sandy Refuge, with quite a few loons, but most on the other side and visible just as shapes. Nothing but Commons could be identified. A few Horned Grebes, etc around, but nothing unusual at all. Pace Point was more of the same, lots of ducks, including numerous ...

[TN-Bird] Re: Eagle Bend Avocet - Not found this morning (Shane H. Williams)

I was also at Eagle Bend (Clinton) today from 10:15 - 10:50am. No Avocet either but I did find an American Widgeon mixed in with some Mallards and Gadwall on the deep, squarish pond to the left(east) of the road. This is the first i've seen here. The upper pond was drained with only 13 American Coot walking around. A Cooper's Hawk was perched along the river. Shane Williams - Knoxville, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: Carole Gobert cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx To: Tennessee Bird List tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ...

[TN-Bird] Little Gull at Lick Creek; Benton Co (Michael Todd)

11/19/09 Lick Creek (entrance on way out to Pace Point) Benton Co This afternoon at about 11:30, I had a 1st-winter Little Gull in with the Bonaparte's Gulls at Lick Creek. This is just a few miles north of the town of Big Sandy, on the way to Pace Point. Birds were very active, but it always came back to the small area of flats at the back of the bay. I will post more details later. I am headed back to see if the bird is still ...

[TN-Bird] Eagle Bend Avocet - Not found this morning (Carole Gobert)

I was at the Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery in Clinton, Anderson County, this morning at 8 a.m. hoping to see the American Avocet that Ron and Dollyann Hoff reported yesterday but it apparently has left. (Surely I couldn't miss an Avocet if it was there). What's worse, I almost went there yesterday afternoon but elected to do something useful around the house and run errands instead. By the time I saw Ron's posting it was too late to go yesterday. So I made a trip there before work this morning. While there I talked to Mike Smith, the manager, and he hadn't seen it today either. ...

[TN-Bird] American Avocet at Eagle Bend fish hatchery (Ron and Dollyann)

TN-birders, Mike Smith, the manager of the Eagle Bend fish hatchery in Anderson County, called me this morning saying he had an unusual white bird at the hatchery. Dollyann and I just went out there to check it out and it is a winter plumaged AMERICAN AVOCET. The bird is in the L shaped pond in the right rear part of the hatchery. Other species of interest seen included: Gadwall - 6 Green-winged Teal - 4 Bufflehead - 7 Ring-billed Gull - 7 (first of season seen by us at the hatchery) ...

[TN-Bird] Pickwick Robber Crows (OLCOOT1)

Pickwick Dam Hardin Co. TN Fish Crows are greatly increasing in number, seen now in all seasons and in more and more locations around my stomping grounds. Every trip, so far this season to Pickwick Dam, has been filled with Fish Crows and their antics. They come and go around the dam and on the first two trips, groups would forage around the resting gulls at the locks. ...

[TN-Bird] Cross Creeks NWR, Paris Landing SP; Late rpt (Daniel Moss)

Date: 14 November 2009 Observers: Nita Heilman, Daniel Moss, Chris Obryan, Daniel Pitts, and Ching Li Wang Below is a list of birds observed on a Warioto Audubon field trip to Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, Gray's Landing, and Paris Landing State Park last Saturday. Cross Creeks was not on the schedule originally, but ended up being a very nice spontaneous detour (and the last day of access for the season). Highlights included 1 adult Bald eagle, a number of Horned grebes, 8 species of ducks, and several Common loons. ...

[TN-Bird] Re: Great Horned Owl courtship (John Mellon)

Richard, We have heard a pair courting on our property for about a week. It has always been after dark and we have not had the pleasure of seeing them. John Mellon Chuckey - Greene County Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx wrote: ...

[TN-Bird] Great Horned Owl courtship (Rconnorsphoto)

Monday Nov. 16, 2009 south Davidson County TN This evening from 4:30 - 4:45PM CST I observed a pair of Great Horned Owls courting and dueting. Although not close to being dark, they seemed at ease under overcast skys, and they did not pay me too much attention as I chopped dried flower stems out of the garden. First in the neighbors' tree line, they moved into my county-record white ash that towers over the block, for a commanding view of the neighborhood. They were not on the same branch ...

[TN-Bird] Ash-throated Flycatcher - NO (Ron and Dollyann)

TN-birders, Dollyann and I spent about 3 hours this morning looking for the recently reported Ash-throated Flycatcher at the south end of the dam at Woods Reservoir in Franklin County. NO LUCK. We arrived about 7 a.m. (CST) and looked around the dam and the scrubby area nearby but could not find anything except the local Blue Jays and others. We left for a short jaunt to get coffee and bathroom, searching other areas and field edges nearby and then returned to the dam for another 45 minutes or so. Still no luck and no sign of the flycatcher. The only thing close (flycatcher-wise) was an Eastern Phoebe that was very bright yellow below. We also has a female Ruddy Duck out in the lake. ...

[TN-Bird] Center Hill Lake, DeKalb Co. (Melinda Welton)

DeKalb Co. Center Hill Lake, north end November 15, 2009 John Noel and I did a float-boat survey in the main channel of Center Hill Lake from the Hurricane Boat Dock (Floating Mill) to the Dam, about 8.5 miles, from about ~10:30 to 12:30 pm and found: Mallard - 4 Ruddy Duck - 1 ...

[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms 11/15/09 (michael sledjeski)

Cocke Co.; by car canoe, 2-5 PM Douglas Lake elevation: 980.5 ft. - high from recent rains Duck hunters were in the Wildlife Management Area, so there were very few waterfowl about, but shorebirds put on a great show of synchronized aerial acrobatics at the end of beautiful day. Partial list: Wood duck (heard one) ...

[TN-Bird] RPT: Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge and GSMNP, 11/7-8; Rose-breasted Grosbeak and others (michael autin)

I was in town from Louisville, Ky with my family visiting Gatlinburg and found time to spend a few hours at Seven Islands near Sevierville. I wasn't expecting much but actually had a good day that began with a female Rose-br. Grosbeak just outside the parking lot. Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Kodak, Tn, 11/7, 10:10-1:45pm Mallard-2 Turkey Vulture-8 Bald Eagle-1 ad. ...

[TN-Bird] Pickwick Lake - 15 Franklin's Gulls (OLCOOT1)

Nov. 15, 2009 Pickwick Lake Hardin, Co. TN The gull numbers were up to about 400, with the dam spilling water from 8 of the 22 gates. Gulls were feeding below the dam and resting above. Ring-billed and Herring plus 2 immature Lesser Black-backed with single Franklin's and Bonaparte's were all I could find until late in the day. Around 2 in the afternoon, 14 Franklin's zipped over the dam headed out into the lake ...

[TN-Bird] No Ash-throated Flycatcher (Exact Location Please) (Tommy Edwards)

Tried for the bird, but only sparrows present, I was there at the clearcut from 1pm to 3pm on Sunday afternoon Would be helpful if someone could post on ebird the exact location by indication of icon, this clearcut is large, was the bird seen at the parking lot, by the lake shore, near the pines by the road? Thanks Tommy Edwards Columbia, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== ...

[TN-Bird] Re: No Ash-throated Flycatcher this AM (david kirschke)

A group of birders from Chattanooga and I converged on the Woods Reservoir dam this morning until about noon and did not locate the flycatcher. --- On Sun, 11/15/09, Michael Todd birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: From: Michael Todd birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Bird] Anyone try for Ash-throated Flycatcher? To: Tnbird tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 6:04 PM Just wondering, as I am in Gatlinburg with my wife and would probably talk her ...

[TN-Bird] Anyone try for Ash-throated Flycatcher? (Michael Todd)

Just wondering, as I am in Gatlinburg with my wife and would probably talk her into a scenic trip home Monday, via Woods Reservoir, if I thought it had been seen since Saturday. Any info appreciated, Mike Todd Mckenzie, TN Birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd ...

[TN-Bird] Late Osprey (Nancy Moore)

Northern Lake Co, Tn found a Osprey sitting in a tree over looking the pond off the west side of the levee that begins at approximately the end of Van Works Rd. I had just seen a 4-5 year Immature Bald Eagle that had flown off in that direction and at first when I saw a dark bird with white on its head and dark body I thought that was it again and when it turned and showed me a white chest and belly I looked closer and it was an Osprey. I took some distant photos. Also found a FOS Winter Wren sitting on the Beaver lodge off the boardwalk at the Ellington Visitor Center at Reelfoot. ...

[TN-Bird] Ash-throated Flycatcher at Woods Reservoir on Saturday (LeGrand Family)

Thanks go to Tommy Curtis for putting out the word on the Ash-throated Flycatcher at Woods Reservoir yesterday. The bird was at the parking lot at the south end of the dam and stayed in the area even as our group of 8 people left at about 1 PM, so there's a reasonable chance that it might still be there. It spent most of its time among the samplings in the logged field adjacent to the parking lot, but it also went to the deciduous trees at the lakeshore, and it even landed on the metal rail on the dam. In the hour or so that we were there, we got numerous photos (4-5 people had cameras) and scope views from well within 50 feet, ...

[TN-Bird] Ash-throated Flycatcher at Woods Reservoir (Douglas Downs)

While birding the Woods Reservoir area yesterday, a group of birders from the Upper Cumberland area found and identified an Ash-throated Flycatcher. The bird was first located in a brushy clear-cut area on the southern end of the Elk River Dam. Initially identified only as a Myiarchus species, the group gathered and sought better looks and photos of the bird. It was then determined that the bird was an Ash-throated Flycatcher based upon the following criteria: dusky head and back but lacking olive brown of Great Crested, whitish throat with pale yellow belly (contra Great Crested), bill too small and thin to be possible Brown-crested, pale white wing bars and edges on secondaries, rufous coloration on bottom edge of the wings, and broad rufous ...

[TN-Bird] Recent observations (Greene Co., TN) (Alice Loftin / Don Miller)

October 26-November 14, 2009 Greene County: Kinser Park (KP), Wal-Mart Distribution Center (WMDC), etc. Not much birding time in Greene County lately, but had a bit of luck nonetheless, highlights of which are Wood Duck (2, Nov. 10) Gadwall (1, Nov. 3) Green-winged Teal (3, Nov. 7) Hooded Merganser (1, Oct. 31) ...

[TN-Bird] Help Needed (G R LAUGHLIN)

11/14/09 - I have a basket suet feeder hanging on a nail on the trunk of a large tree. The woodpeckers love it because they can brace themselves while eating. Unfortunately a raccoon or opossum has found it, sometimes bringing it down. I bought some of the product Get-Away which does keep the animal off of the patio. Does anyone know if it would damage the tree if I put it around the base? Nita Laughlin Robertson Co. TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== ...

[TN-Bird] Cades Cove, Blount County, Black-crowned night heron (Birdglass44)

An adult Black-crowned night heron was observed roosting in a tree along the Forge Creek Road in Cades Cove today. Other birds seen today were: Mallard - 1 Bufflehead - 24 Wild Turkey - 63 in 6 locations Turkey Vulture - 1 Northern Harrier - 2 brown Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 Black-crowned night heron - 1 First I've ever seen in Cades Cove Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 ...

[TN-Bird] Ash-throated Flycatcher (Tommy Curtis)

Carol Williams just called and asked that we make this report to TN-Bird for she and Steve Stedman. They found an Ash-throated Flycatcher about noon today at Woods Reservoir south of Manchester in the parking lot by the dam. That's all the details we have a the moment. Tommy Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with ...

[TN-Bird] Re: "Singing" with wing feathers (kde)

Not exactly wing 'singing' but a timely observation... Thurs evening (12 Nov) as I was leaving work about 5:45PM, a number of the starlings that have been roosting in the area (Hardin Valley exit on Pellissippi in west Knox Co) were doing their 'school of fish' thing while a Cooper's Hawk was making passes at them. When the hawk made a pass, the starlings grouped tighter and flew faster and the whole group made a whistling sound as they manuevered. I don't recall ever hearing starlings do that. At one point, a small group buzzed over my head from behind... for a second I thought a group of ducks or woodcock ...

[TN-Bird] Re: "Singing" with wing feathers (Charles P. Nicholson)

Very interesting article. It starts out by stating: A new study offers the first hard evidence that birds use feathers for audible communication as well as for flight and warmth. The editors may have used their poetic license here, as proof of use of feathers for audible communication has been available for many years. Local examples include the drumming of a ruffed grouse, the booming of a nighthawk, the courtship flight of a woodcock, and the courtship flight of a snipe.. This story on manakins is, however, fascinating because of the different manner in which sound is generated - by using wing muscles to rapidly vibrate individual feathers, rather than vibrations induced by air passing modified ...

[TN-Bird] "Singing" with wing feathers (skagerak7 tds.net)

Our Mourning Dove makes a good bit of racket with its wing feathers, but it isn't very musical,IMHO. John Skaggs Powell, Knox Co. TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== ...

[TN-Bird] Eagle Bend BB Plover, Buffleheads (Carole Gobert)

From 2:25 until 3:30 pm this afternoon I birded the Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery in Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee and was surprised to again find a Black-Bellied Plover hanging out with a few Killdeer. The plover was on the right as you drive in, on the shore behind the two narrow canals that parallel the road. It towered over the killdeer, had a rather short, thick black bill, finely streaked throat and breast with pale streaking extending down its sides just below its wings, white belly, gray legs, white eyebrow, and light brown patch on its cheek behind its eye. ...

[TN-Bird] Odd Behavior (G R LAUGHLIN)

This morning, Nov 12, a glance out the window found a Cooper's Hawk Juvie sitting IN my birdbath, an inch of water in it.Sat for about 10 minutes, flew down under a feeder (no songbirds in sight) and back to bath. Sat for at least fifteen more minutes in the bath. Nita Laughlin Springfield, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. ...

[TN-Bird] RFI: Color Banded Great Egrets (kde)

Thought I would forward the following from the Carolina Birds listserv regarding color banded Great Egrets. The Canadian Wildlife Service is requesting reports of any sightings so keep your eyes open. One of them was recently reported in SC. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN ...

[TN-Bird] Hiwassee birds (David Aborn)

11 November 2009 Meigs County, TN I took my Ornithology class out to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge yesterday. There was not much around, at least as far as waterbirds go. There were ~1,000 Sandhill Cranes (~200 at the viewing area, ~800 along the edge of Hiwassee Island), and a visitor at the viewing area said there were 2 Whooping Cranes there on Tuesday. There were no coots (although we saw a couple of dozen around Harrison Bay), 1 Bufflehead, 1 Northern Shoveler, a couple of groups of Mallards and Canada Geese, ~50 Ring-billed Gulls, and that was it! The ...

[TN-Bird] Loggerhead Shrike (john froeschauer)

Today I saw a Loggerhead Shrike in Sumner County, just west of the Trousdale County line, between Gallatin and Hartsville, on a powerline along SR25. This is probably the same bird reported by Ken Oeser in the same spot the last couple of years. I've always kept an eye out for it when I passing through and I'm glad to finally get it. First Mid-TN shrike in many years. John Froeschauer Nashville ...

[TN-Bird] Red Headed Woodpeckers in South Hamblen County. (Shane Adams)

Birders :( Red Headed Woodpeckers in South Hamblen County ) Last Sunday on Nov.8, 2009. In South Hamblen while I was helping at the Field Trial ( a bird dog championship ), I saw about 5 or 6 Red Headed Woodpeckers flying over from woods to woods between the pasture field, Also Turkey and Black Vultures was hanging around the field. Shane Adams East Hamblen County ...

[TN-Bird] Missing Part Of Post About Chattanooga TOS Meeting (David Stone)

The regular monthly meeting of the Chattanooga chapter of TOS will be held tomorrow evening (Thursday, Nov. 12) at 7:00 PM at the Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 South Germantown Rd. in Chattanooga. State Ornithologist Scott Sommershoe will be our speaker. Scott has some new things to tell us about. Refreshments will be provided by Zackary Reynolds after the meeting. ...

[TN-Bird] Chattanooga TOS Meeting This Thursday Evening + Crane Festival (David Stone)

held tomorrow evening (Thursday, Nov. 12) at 7:00 PM at the Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 South Germantown Rd. in Chattanooga. State Ornithologist Scott Sommershoe will be our speaker. Scott has some new things to tell us about. Refreshments will be provided by Zackary Reynolds after the meeting. Come and hear that others may have seen lately. Feel free to invite friends who may not yet be a member. I can email direction to anyone who needs them. Also crane festival will be held this Saturday at the Birchwood Elementary ...

[TN-Bird] Marsh Wren (likebird)

Birders, I had a real shock this morning while checking my Blue Bird box. A bird lept from the base into the edge of vines that cover the creek bank. Easily identified in the morning sun, I could not believe I had a new yard bird!! I think it is late for Marsh Wrens. Maybe the warm days kept him from leaving! Linda V. Kelly Warner Valley Nashville, TN Davidson CO =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== ...

[TN-Bird] Radnor Lake, 2009 Nov. 10, Eagle pair (fekel)

Radnor Lake State Natural Area Davidson Co. Nashville, TN Tuesday, 2009 Nov. 10 7-8:30 am cloudy Tuesday morning I again walked around Radnor Lake. This time I was rewarded with a pair of adult Bald Eagles, roosting in the trees. When I saw them, one was at the east end and the ...

[TN-Bird] Henslow and LeConte's Sparrow in Hamilton County (Kevin A. Calhoon)

Dan Jacobson and I walked a couple of fields to sample sparrow numbers on the morning of Sunday November 10. We first walked the Riverport fields (off Amnicola Hwy, Chattanooga) and came up with 8 species with the best being 6 Vesper Sparrows and 1 HENSLOWS Sparrow, it was a county year bird for both of us. Henslow's is a very difficult species to see in Hamilton County despite being breeders in middle TN. We then put our waders on and mucked through the Brainerd Levee behind Brainerd High School. We had mostly Song and Swamp Sparrows but did ...