Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:07:37 -0400
Reply-To: David Trently <dtrently@UTK.EDU>
Sender: Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: David Trently <dtrently@UTK.EDU>
Subject: north Georgia birds
This past Sunday, I birded in Union County, GA, including Brasstown Bald
and Nottely Dam. Audrey Hoff and I, both from Knoxville, TN, were mostly
birding, but also partly hoping to come across a Tawny Crescent butterfly
(we did not, though we did get a life butterfly - Carolina Satyr).
Brasstown Bald sure looks like a place we need to return to for spring and
fall birding! We had the following birds there (I did not keep track of
numbers)
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
E Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Am Robin
Wood Thrush 1
Veery - there were several of these, many singing.
Gray Catbird - several, singing
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-headed Vireo - several, singing
Blackburnian Warbler 1 female
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5+
Canada Warbler 2, singing
Chestnut-sided Warbler at least 1
Scarlet Tanager 10+
Indigo Bunting few, near bottom of mountain
N Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak around 10! Seems to be a good population of them
there. We don't see too many in summer in the Great Smoky Mountains in
Tennessee/N Carolina
Dark-eyed Junco
E Towhee
Am Goldfinch
At Nottely Dam, we ran into a small wave of birds near the recreation/boat
launch area, including:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing
Red-eyed (1), White-eyed (1) and Yellow-throated (2) Vireos
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Blue-winged Warbler at least 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 5+ these were certainly in evidence this day!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak at least 3
I added 11 new species to my Georgia list, but missed grouse and raven
(Audrey heard what may have been one, on Brasstown Bald)
David Trently
Knoxville, TN
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