Duck River
Unit, TWR
Jan. 11,
2014
Eleven
birders ventured out to the Duck River Unit of the Tennessee National Wildlife
refuge for a wonderful outing with THOUSANDS of waterfowl and other interesting
birds. Highlights included one fairly close Greater Scaup at the pump station;
four species of geese including Greater White-fronted, Snow, Cackling, and
Canada; twenty-six American Pipits at close range; a Palm Warbler at Pintail
Blind; two male Brewer's Blackbirds; and an (not surprisingly) uncooperative Le
Conte's Sparrow. Below is a list of all the species that were seen/heard.
77 species
| Greater White-fronted Goose-400
Snow Goose-15
Cackling Goose-15
Canada Goose-300
Gadwall-280
American Wigeon-170
American Black Duck-2
Mallard-2000
Northern Shoveler-200
Northern Pintail-500
Green-winged Teal-60
Canvasback-110
Ring-necked Duck-12
Greater Scaup-1
Scaup sp.-200
Bufflehead-78
Common Goldeneye-7
Hooded Merganser-5
Ruddy Duck-30
Pied-billed Grebe-17
Horned Grebe-6
Double-crested Cormorant-59
American White Pelican-35
Great Blue Heron-8
Turkey Vulture-6
Bald Eagle-10
Northern Harrier-10
Sharp-shinned Hawk-1
Cooper's Hawk-1
Red-tailed Hawk-3
American Kestrel-2
American Coot-195
Killdeer-7
Wilson's Snipe-6
Bonaparte's Gull-35
Ring-billed Gull-45
Herring Gull-4
Mourning Dove-25
Belted Kingfisher-1 |
Red-headed Woodpecker-2
Red-bellied Woodpecker-4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1
Downy Woodpecker-2
Hairy Woodpecker-1
Northern Flicker-3
Pileated Woodpecker-1
Eastern Phoebe-6
Blue Jay-2
American Crow-11
Horned Lark-2
Carolina Chickadee-4
Tufted Titmouse-1
Brown Creeper-1
Carolina Wren-5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-5
Eastern Bluebird-4
Northern Mockingbird-2
European Starling-75
American Pipit-26
Lapland Longspur-2
Palm Warbler-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-4
Field Sparrow-1
Savannah Sparrow-8
Le Conte's Sparrow-1
Song Sparrow-20
Swamp Sparrow-25
White-throated Sparrow-25
White-crowned Sparrow-2
Dark-eyed Junco-20
Northern Cardinal-5
Red-winged Blackbird-15
Eastern Meadowlark-19
Rusty Blackbird-5
Brewer's Blackbird-2
Brown-headed Cowbird-12
House Finch-1
American Goldfinch-x (heard only)
|
Chloe Walker
