More birds

24. Northern Mocking Bird
25. Ruby-crowned kinglet
26. Black-capped Chickadee (at my house! identified by call, which means it could have been a Carolina that learned the call.)

Jan 29

58. Ruby Crowned Kinglet -- came to play outside the window of my home office this afternoon in the bushes.

Dave, Are you interested in going say on Monday or Tuesday up to see the Snowy Owl in Spring Hill, TN or the Iceland Gull at the Bufford Dam just north of Atlanta? They both would be lifers for me. You got to go see the Red-throated loon and the Surf Scoter by the dam here in town. There are reports of a stray Pacific Loon there too.

Jan 28

56. Cooper's Hawk = Cleveland TN
57. American Kestrel = Cleveland TN

Rules of Engagement

Hey Darron,
Are we still going with the idea we talked about that we would count international birds?
I'm SURE going to need them ; >

Gatlinburg trip

Unfortunately for me I forgot my binos and book when I took my family and Mother to Gatlinburg this week. However, there were a few unmistakables there. All of these were seen at Cades Cove on January 27.

21. Pilieated Woodpecker
22. Carolina Wren
23. Eastern Phoebe

January Birds todate

Jan 1 -- Between my house and Cookeville TN along US 27- TN hwy 111, etc.

1. Blue Jay
2. American Crow
3. Morning Dove
4. American Gold Finch
5. Chipping Sparrow
6. English Sparrow
7. Northern Cardinal
8. American Coot
9. Rock Pigeon
10. European Starling
11. Eastern Bluebird
12. Mocking Bird
13. Turkey Vulture

Jan 2
14. Cedar Waxwing
15. Brown Headed Nuthatch
16. Purple Finch
17. House Finch (actually saw jan 1 but waited to compare with purple)


Jan 3 = Home
18. Pine Siskin
19. Eastern Towhee

Jan 4 = Home
20. Eastern Meadow Lark
21. Tufted Titmouse
22. Carolina Chickadee (seen earlier but forgot to record)
23. American Robin

Jan 5. = Home
24. Eastern Phoebee
25. Hairy Woodpecker

Jan 8 -- near Destin FL
26. Bufflehead

Jan 9 -- near Destin FL
27. Eurasian Collared-Dove
28. Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Jan 10 -- near Destin FL
29. Osprey
30. Willett
31. Fosters Turn
32. Sanderling

Jan 11 (Cohutta Springs, GA)
33. Belted Kingfisher

Jan 14. = Home
34. Killdeer

Jan 26
35. Northern Shovler -- Chickamauga Springs
36. Rudy Duck -- Chickamauga Springs
36. Ringged Neck Duck -- Chickamauga Springs
37. Gadwall -- Chickamauga Springs
38. Canada Goose (seen but for got to record before now)
39. Cackling Goose (Chickamauga Springs)
40. Hooded Merganser -- Chickamauga Dam (above)
41. Malard -- Chickamauga Dam (below)
42. Carolina Wren (Amnicola Marsh)
43. Red Sholdered Hawk-- Aminicola Marsh
44. Horned Grebe -- Chickamauga Dam
45. Ring-billed Gull -- Chickamauga Dam
46. Common Golden Eye -- Chickamauga Dam
47. Great Blue Herron -- Chickamauga Dam (below and above)
48. Pied Billed Grebe -- Booker T Washington SP
49. Red Throated Loon -- Booker T Washington SP (first in 22 years)
50. Black Vulture -- Booker T Washington SP
51. Muscovy Duck -- Chickamauga Dam Marina
52. Surf Scoter -- Just above the Dam (LIFER, Yeah!)

Jan 9 (forgot to post)
53. Brown Pelican

Jan 14 (forgot to post) (both came to suet feeder and continue to come)
54. Hairy Woodpecker
55. Downy Woodpecker

My First List

Welllllll..... I'm sorry this has taken so long. But I've finally settled on a design for this site. I guess I was a bit obsessed. Hey Darron, I propose we just go ahead and do it like last year. I'll try to be a better sport about it! ; )

Anyway. Here's my first list of birds. These are what I've seen since January 1.

1. American Crow
2. Cardinal
3. Wild Turkey
4. Golden-crowned kinglet
5. Rock Dove
6. Killdeer
7. Robin
8. Tufted-titmouse
9. Cedar Waxwing
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. House Sparrow
12. European Starling
13. Blue Jay
14. Blue Bird
15. Eastern Towhee
16. Broad Winged Hawk
17. Rusty Black Bird
18. Mourning Dove
19. Hairy Woodpecker
20. Red-tailed Hawk