Birds - Dev Joslin (Tennessee Ornithological Society), Jim Evans (Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency), and Jason Mitchell (Tennessee Valley Authority)
A public field trip on April 21, 2001 to Freels Bend on the Three Bend Scenic and Wildlife Refuge on the Research Park brought out 39 birders in two separate groups. Altogether, the two groups saw 72 species.
| (1) = seen only by the early group; (2) = seen only by second group | |
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Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-heron Canada Goose Wood Duck (1) Mallard (1) Black Vulture (1) Turkey Vulture Osprey No. Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Wild Turkey (1) No. Bobwhite Mo. Dove Barn Owl Great Horned Owl (2) Barred Owl Ruby-thr. Hummer (1) Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy WP (1) Ea. Phoebe Gr. Crested Flycatcher (1) Ea. Kingbird Tree Swallow No. Rough-winged Swallow (1) Cliff Swallow (2) Barn Swallow Blue Jay Am Crow Car. Chickadee Ea. Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (1) |
Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ea. Bluebird Wood Thrush Am. Robin Gray Catbird (2) No. Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Eur. Starling White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo No. Parula (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler (2) Yellow-throated Warbler (1) Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager No. Cardinal Indigo Bunting Ea. Towhee Chipping Sparrow (1) Field Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow (1) Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Ea. Meadowlark Br.-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole House Finch (1) Amer. Goldfinch |
The Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park was designated by the Department of Energy in 1980 and is one of a network of seven National Environmental Research Parks. It is an Oak Ridge National Laboratory User Facility. The Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1989. It is also a unit member of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve and part of the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) Cooperative. More information on the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park can be found on the website at: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/facilities/nerp/.