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March 27, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (3)
Blue Jay - heard
Tufted Titmouse
American Goldfinch - feeder
Song Sparrow - feeder
Turkey Vulture - yard (2)
American Robin (30)
Mourning Dove
European Starling
Northern Flicker [yellow-shafted]
European Starling (5)
Skunk - dead
Carolina Chickadee - yard
Lots of Bullfrog hatchlings with the egg masses at the pond
Unidentified salamander - pond (2)
House Finch - feeder (m); yard (f)

Tennessee - Carter County - Hwy 19E between Roan Mountain & Hampton
Turkey Vulture
American Crow (2)

Tennessee - Carter County - Hampton
Turkey Vulture
American Crow
European Starling

Tennessee - Carter County - Elizabethton
European Starling (17)
American Crow (3)
Rock Pigeon (10)
American Robin (8)
House Sparrow (f, 4m)
Tree Swallow (2)
Killdeer
Mourning Dove

Tennessee - Carter County - Hwy 67 between Elizabethton & Johnson City
American Crow (2)

Tennessee - Washington County - Johnson City
American Crow (8)
Rock Pigeon (15)
Mourning Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Groundhog
American Robin
Eastern Cottontail - dead

Tennessee - Carter County - Watauga
Blue Jay - heard
Turkey Vulture (2)

Tennessee - Carter County - Elizabethton - Stoney Creek - Rescue Squad Pond
Mallard (3)

Tennessee - Carter County - Elizabethton - Stoney Creek - Great Lakes Pond
Canada Goose (28)
Mallard (14)
Red-eared Slider (11)
American Robin (5)
Blue Jay - heard
Brown-headed Cowbird (m)
Northern Cardinal (m)

Tennessee - Carter County - Tiger Valley
American Crow

Well I got home last night but then I spent the day in town!

On the road again...

March 26, 2008
Tennessee - Hamilton County - Collegedale
Northern Cardinal (m)
Eastern Towhee (m)
European Starling (6)
Turkey Vulture
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee - heard
Mallard (9)

Tennessee - Hamilton County - Ooltewah
Mourning Dove (3)
Rock Pigeon (7)
European Starling (2)

Tennessee - Hamilton County - I-75 Corridor
American Crow (2)
European Starling

Tennessee - Bradley County - I-75 Corridor
American Crow (2)

Tennessee - McMinn County - I-75 Corridor
American Crow (4)
Common Grackle (7)
Black Vulture (5)
Turkey Vulture (2)
White-tailed Deer (3)

Tennessee - Monroe County - I-75 Corridor
European Starling (5+)
Common Grackle (35+)
American Crow
Rock Pigeon
Groundhog - dead
Mourning Dove - no connection to the above groundhog as far as I know!

Tennessee - Loudon County - I-75 Corridor
Common Grackle (50+)
American Crow (2)
Great Blue Heron
European Starling (2)
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon (3)

Tennessee - Knox County - Knoxville
Rock Pigeon (22)
European Starling (2)
American Crow (3)

Tennessee - Knox County - I-40 Corridor
American Crow

Tennessee - Sevier County - I-40 Corridor
European Starling (3)

Tennessee - Jefferson County - I-40E Rest Area
Turkey Vulture (2)
American Robin

Tennessee - Jefferson County - I-40 Corridor
Common Grackle (25+)

Darkness descended and the rest of the trip home was uneventful animal-wise. However I fell asleep before I could post this list. After I got home, not before!

Another day mostly inside

March 25, 2008
Tennessee - Hamilton County - Collegedale
Northern Cardinal (f, 3m)
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Red-tailed Hawk (2 sharing a thermal)
American Crow (4)
Carolina Chickadee (2)
American Robin (5)
Tufted Titmouse (2)
Eastern Towhee - heard
Eastern Bluebird (m, f)
European Starling (21)
Song Sparrow
Black Vulture - harassed by an American Crow
White-throated Sparrow (5)
Common Grackle (6)
Mourning Dove - heard
Cedar Waxwing (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Mallard (3)
Canada Goose (2)
House Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Barn Swallow (2)

Tennessee - Hamilton County - Ooltewah
House Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Northern Mockingbird harassing an American Crow
American Crow (2)

Had to spend most of the day inside but did manage a few minutes at a time birding.

Too cold, too busy...

March 24, 2008
Tennessee - Hamilton County - Collegedale
American Crow
Turkey Vulture (2)
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Bluebird (f)
Northern Cardinal (3m, f) One of the males was the one with the mohawk that I saw the other day.
Eastern Towhee (m)
American Robin
European Starling (9)
Black Vulture
Mourning Dove (2)
Common Grackle (16)
Northern Flicker [yellow-shafted]
White-throated Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse (2)
Blue Jay
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2+)

It was a cold and windy day. Spent most of the day working inside but did manage to get out for a bit this evening.

Walked about 4 miles on the greenway - I'm tired!

March 23, 2008
Tennessee - Hamilton County - Collegedale
American Robin (2)
House Finch (m, f)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
Mallard (5)
Canada Goose (2)
American Crow (2)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (2m, f)
Song Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird (m)
Carolina Chickadee
Common Grackle (5)
Eastern Towhee - heard

Tennessee - Hamilton County - Collegedale - Wolftever Creek Greenway
Mallard (4m, f)
Red-eared Slider
Northern Cardinal (4m, 2f)
Eastern Towhee (m)
Cedar Waxwing (16+) - year bird
European Starling (10+)
Northern Mockingbird (4)
Red-shouldered Hawk
House Sparrow (m)
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Downy Woodpecker (2f)
Carolina Chickadee (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Crow
Brown Thrasher
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Eastern Bluebird (f, m)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Meadowlark
American Robin (4+)
Eastern Phoebe
Song Sparrow