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Birding
The Great Smoky Mountains are an idea bird habitat, providing a wide array of habitats.
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Birding Details
With it's peaks towering almost a mile above it's foothills, the Great Smoky Mountains are an idea bird habitat, providing a wide array of habitats, and thus, over 240 different species of birds, from the Black-capped Chickadee and Golden-crowned Kinglet, to the Northern Blue-headed Vireo and Hooded Warbler, the American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, to the Louisiana Water thrush and the Eastern Screech-Owl. Although only about 60 species live in the park year-round, many species use the mountains as a migration stopover, so a variety of birds can be spotted year round. For serious birders, however, peak season is late April-early May, when over 100 species can be seen in a day.
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