The 12th annual Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed counters tallied 107 species, which is near the average of 108 species.
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The 82nd consecutive spring bird count was held Saturday, May 3, with 44 observers in 15 parties. The survey tallied 148 species, which is slightly below the recent 30 year average of 150 species.
The killdeer is probably the shorebird most people know. Even non-birders have probably encountered this wide ranging bird that resides across much of North America.
I received an email from Brayden Paulk updating me on his new birding adventures since moving to Gulf Shores in Alabama. I wrote a few weeks ago about Brayden and his plans for a Global Big Day of birding.
Even if we can no longer consider the yellow-breasted chat a warbler, the bird still remains unique enough to warrant its own family.
For beginners just getting into the hang of birding, the black-and-white warbler is a dream when it comes to identification. It鈥檚 unlikely to be mistaken for any other bird.
Readers continue to welcome back hummingbirds and share their first spring sightings of these tiny birds.
Hummingbirds arrived in Unicoi County and Carter County in Northeast Tennessee during the first week of April, based on reports from readers.聽
I heard the paired notes of a signing male brown thrasher on Saturday, March 29, confirming the return of this large songbird. The thrasher was signing from a dead blue spruce tree surrounded by a thicket of forsythia in full golden bloom.
What birds will I look for as the spring advances? Longtime readers will know of my enthusiasm for warblers, also known as New World warblers or wood-warblers.