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3 Jul Re: Kinston Steam Plant Public Access ["Charles P. Nicholson" ] 3 Jul Kinston Steam Plant Public Access [] 03 Jul results of forays in the upper cumberland region [Stephen Stedman ] 3 Jul Rankin 7/2/09 [michael sledjeski ] 2 Jul Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? ["Richard Knight" ] 2 Jul Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? [] 2 Jul Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? [] 2 Jul Black-bellied whistling ducks, etc (Shelby Co, TN) [david kirschke ] 1 Jul RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? [] 1 Jul Looking for Whistling Ducks [] 1 Jul NTOS field trip Saturday, July 4 [] 30 Jun Night birds (Hawkins Co., TN) [Alice Loftin / Don Miller ] 30 Jun Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 [] 30 Jun Re: Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act [Dev Joslin ] 30 Jun Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act ["Bob Hatcher" ] 30 Jun Indian Mound BBS [Daniel Moss ] 30 Jun Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 [Stephen Stedman ] 29 Jun Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 [] 29 Jun Sequatchie Valley - sun,6/29 ["Shane H. Williams" ] 29 Jun Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 [] 29 Jun Red Crossbills at Clingman's Dome (NC) [] 29 Jun GSMNP & Foothills Pkwy, 06/28/09 [] 29 Jun Birding in Tennessee: The Warner Parks [] 29 Jun FWD: Violet-crowned Hummingbird Near Blacksburg, Va [] 29 Jun Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 [] 27 Jun Panhandle Road ["Mike" ] 26 Jun Great blue heronry [michael sledjeski ] 26 Jun Re: Forthcoming ID guide [] 26 Jun Forthcoming ID guide [] 26 Jun 14 B-b Whistling Ducks - Memphis [] 25 Jun MODERATION OF SPAM TO TN-BIRDS NET ["Wallace Coffey" ] 25 Jun Hi! [] 24 Jun More Savannah Sparrows in Cumberland Co. ["LeGrand Family" ] 24 Jun Henslow's Sparrows ["Tommy Curtis" ] 23 Jun Sequatchie Valley Scissor-tailed Flycatchers [Carole Gobert ] 22 Jun Dickcissels but few Sc.-T. Flycatchers in Sequatchie Valley ["LeGrand Family" ] 22 Jun Birding Look Rock Trail on Foothills Parkway [] 22 Jun Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Tyson Park, Knoxville, Knox Co. [Christopher Welsh ] 21 Jun new pics posted [Chris Sloan ] 22 Jun white morph Great Blue Heron [] 21 Jun Dickcissel, Baltimore Oriole, etc. (Greene Co., TN) [Alice Loftin / Don Miller ] 21 Jun 12 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - Memphis [] 21 Jun nestling Black Vultures Hamblen ["Jean Obrist" ] 21 Jun Nesting Snowy Egret [Jeannie Swant ] 21 Jun Hamilton County Great White Heron [Carole Gobert ] 21 Jun Bobolinks etc ["Richard Knight" ] 21 Jun Fwd: Great White Heron [] 20 Jun Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status? [Daniel Moss ] 19 Jun Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status? [Bill Pulliam ] 19 Jun Mockingbird /Bluebird Foster ["David Patterson" ] 19 Jun Seven Islands WR, Knox County, east Tenn ["Trently, David J" ] 18 Jun Middle TN birds of late ["Scott Somershoe" ] 18 Jun Bachman's Sparrow current status? [Bill Pulliam ] 18 Jun Re: May Town Center/Bells Bend update -correction [A Potter ] 18 Jun May Town Center/Bells Bend update [] 17 Jun B-b and Fulvous Whistling Ducks Together - Memphis [] 17 Jun Virginia Rail in Nashville still present [] 17 Jun Savannah Sparrows in Cumberland County ["LeGrand Family" ] 17 Jun Scissor-tailed Flycatchers [] 16 Jun Dickcissels, goatsuckers, Nashville area, 6-17-09 [david kirschke ] 16 Jun Johnson County birds ["Wallace Coffey" ] 15 Jun Common Raven, Dickcissel, etc. (Greene Co., TN) [Alice Loftin / Don Miller ] 15 Jun Birding at the SAHC Roan Mountain Weekend [Robert Biller ] 15 Jun Rankin Bottoms Sunday 6/14/09 [Robert Gofreed ] 15 Jun Great Egret Nests - Hamblen County [michael sledjeski ] 15 Jun American Kestral and Barn Swallow interaction ["fekel" ] 14 Jun Beaman Park, Davidson Co, TN ["susan hollyday" ] 14 Jun Scissor-tailed Flyc. & Great White Heron [] 14 Jun Re: Virginia Rail in Nashville, Davidson Co. [Chris Sloan ] 14 Jun Shorebirds and Tyrannus Clans - Memphis [] 13 Jun Scissor-tailed Flycatcher [] 13 Jun Re: Fw: NC Birding Trail guide --mts [] 13 Jun Virginia Rail in Nashville, Davidson Co. [] 13 Jun Scissor-tailed flycatcher (TN) and Michigan trip photos [david kirschke ] 12 Jun Yellow-crowned Night Heron ["Tommie Rogers" ] 12 Jun Now a Catbird fledgling in the Yard ["Candice & Kevin" ] Subject: Re: Kinston Steam Plant Public Access From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:39:11 -0700 (PDT) Also see http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/KingstonSteamPlant.htm. Chuck Nicholson Norris, TN --- On Fri, 7/3/09, birchh AT bellsouth.net wrote: From: birchh AT bellsouth.net Subject: [TN-Bird] Kinston Steam Plant Public Access To: "Tn-Bird AT Freelists. Org" Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 12:30 PM A few months ago someone asked about access to Kinston Steam Plant and I have been trying to get information since then.  At this time public access to the Kinston Steam Plant property is not allowed.  Kingston site personnel feel that it could be as long as 3 years before the site will be reopened.   The following email was received from the TVA information group:    Our employees and contractors undergo extensive training to ensure that everyone on the site works safely, and it will not be possible to allow public access to the ponds while the cleanup is underway.  TVA and EPA are working diligently to develop a schedule for completion of the project, and several options for the future use of the site and surrounding land are under consideration.  Keeping the public informed has been and will continue to be an important part of the recovery, and the Valley's bird watchers will have the opportunity to provide input as these plans are developed.  I'm sorry that I cannot give you a date when the site will be open, but the  www.tva.com website is updated regularly with information about all facets of the project. Opportunities for public involvement will be posted there. Harold Birch Soddy Daisy, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen.  The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________       To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:                     tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________                 To unsubscribe, send email to:                  tn-bird-request AT freelists.org             with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________   TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society        Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)         endorse the views or opinions expressed         by the members of this discussion group.          Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN                  wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org                 ------------------------------                 Assistant Moderator Andy Jones                          Cleveland, OH                 -------------------------------                Assistant Moderator Dave Worley                           Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________                     Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society               web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *                           ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/                        MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Kinston Steam Plant Public Access From: <birchh AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:30:56 -0400 A few months ago someone asked about access to Kinston Steam Plant and I have been trying to get information since then. At this time public access to the Kinston Steam Plant property is not allowed. Kingston site personnel feel that it could be as long as 3 years before the site will be reopened. The following email was received from the TVA information group: Our employees and contractors undergo extensive training to ensure that everyone on the site works safely, and it will not be possible to allow public access to the ponds while the cleanup is underway. TVA and EPA are working diligently to develop a schedule for completion of the project, and several options for the future use of the site and surrounding land are under consideration. Keeping the public informed has been and will continue to be an important part of the recovery, and the Valley's bird watchers will have the opportunity to provide input as these plans are developed. I'm sorry that I cannot give you a date when the site will be open, but the www.tva.com website is updated regularly with information about all facets of the project. Opportunities for public involvement will be posted there. Harold Birch Soddy Daisy, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: results of forays in the upper cumberland region From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman AT tntech.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:01 -0500 Results of the UCR Foray conducted in Jackson County May 29-June 1 are posted to this page of my website: http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/JacksonCountyForay2009--CentralNode.htm In case you missed the message about the UCR Foray in Pickett County, conducted May 22-25, about 30 years after the first foray in that county, here is a link to an updated version of that page: http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/PickettCountyForay2009--CentralNode.htm Not quite completed but still accessible are results of a foray in nearby Clinton County, Kentucky, conducted June 12-14: http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/ClintonCountyForay2009--Central%20Node.h tm Each of these pages has links to about 100 maps showing the distribution and abundance of all species encountered during the respective foray. Steve Stedman Cookeville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Rankin 7/2/09 From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:18:18 -0400 Douglas Lake, Cocke county, 7/2/09/7-8:30 PM, by canoe Lake elevation: 992.3 ft Partial list:: Wood duck (14) Double-cr. cormorant (12) Great blue heron (21) Great egret (90 - flew in to roost east of the coal tower) Little blue heron (1 Imm.) Black-cr.Night-Heron (17) Osprey (5 adults, 4 juv. in flight training) Eastern kingbird Prothonotary warbler Only shorebirds seen were 42 killdeer in a muddy field below Leepers Ferry Rd. (Hamblen county). Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8 AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:06:02 -0400 Dean, Add the following records of Great White Heron: 1). 20 Aug 2004 on the South Holston River and 2). 7 June - mid Jul 2008 on the Watauga River (photo published in "The Birds of NE Tenn, 2nd ed."). This latter bird was even earlier than the current ones near Chattanooga. Clearly something wonky going on with this form. And the first record at S. Holston L. was with Brian Cross, not Rack. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN > [Original Message] > From: > To: Tennessee Birds > Date: 7/2/2009 4:08:25 PM > Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? > > > A bit more here... > > I have gotten confirmation from 2 birders that the 'Great White' > Heron in Hixson, TN, reported by Jimmy Wilkerson in a TN-Birds post > on 22 June 2009 is for sure a DIFFERENT bird than the one being > seen at Chickamauga Dam. Apparently both birds have been seen at > the same time by parties stationed at each location (that is one > group of birders at the dam and another group in Hixson at the same > time). > > This is quite remarkable and I'm a bit surprised more isn't being > posted about these birds. To my knowledge the only previous reports > of this subspecies (and potential species split) from Tennessee > are: > > * 15-16 Oct 1990, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co > 29 Aug - 12 Sept 1991, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co > [25 Aug 1994, South Holston Lake, Virginia side only?] > 7-29 Aug 2002, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co > > * 21 Sept - 11 Nov 2002, DeKalb and Putnam Co > > * 5 Dec 2006 - 11 Jan 2007, Blount Co > > Those marked with * were submitted to and accepted by the TBRC. > Note that all of these are during times of the year that could be > considered post-breeding dispersal whereas the 2 birds in Hamilton > County now are much earlier. > > Dick Schier sent me some excellent photos of the Chickamauga bird > showing a nice yellow iris (so not a pure albino) and no signs of > dark feathers suggesting a leucistic bird. It doesn't appear to > be in breeding plumage so perhaps a young, non-breeding-age bird. > I haven't seen photos of the Hixson bird. > > Great White Herons seem to be being reported north of their normal > range in the FL Keys more frequently and it seems almost any issue > of North American Birds I pick up now has a report from some region. > When Rick Knight, Howard Langridge and Rack Cross wrote-up the first > one for TN in 1992 (MIG 63:1), they included a table of previous > inland records from the SE US... a total of 13. Now TN alone has 7! > > > Dean Edwards > Knoxville, TN > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should > appear in the first paragraph. > _____________________________________________________________ > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird AT freelists.org. > _____________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request AT freelists.org > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > ______________________________________________________________ > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org > ------------------------------ > Assistant Moderator Andy Jones > Cleveland, OH > ------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Dave Worley > Rosedale, VA > __________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ARCHIVES > TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ > > MAP RESOURCES > Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif > Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:07:53 -0400 (EDT) A bit more here... I have gotten confirmation from 2 birders that the 'Great White' Heron in Hixson, TN, reported by Jimmy Wilkerson in a TN-Birds post on 22 June 2009 is for sure a DIFFERENT bird than the one being seen at Chickamauga Dam. Apparently both birds have been seen at the same time by parties stationed at each location (that is one group of birders at the dam and another group in Hixson at the same time). This is quite remarkable and I'm a bit surprised more isn't being posted about these birds. To my knowledge the only previous reports of this subspecies (and potential species split) from Tennessee are: * 15-16 Oct 1990, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co 29 Aug - 12 Sept 1991, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co [25 Aug 1994, South Holston Lake, Virginia side only?] 7-29 Aug 2002, South Holston Lake, Sullivan Co * 21 Sept - 11 Nov 2002, DeKalb and Putnam Co * 5 Dec 2006 - 11 Jan 2007, Blount Co Those marked with * were submitted to and accepted by the TBRC. Note that all of these are during times of the year that could be considered post-breeding dispersal whereas the 2 birds in Hamilton County now are much earlier. Dick Schier sent me some excellent photos of the Chickamauga bird showing a nice yellow iris (so not a pure albino) and no signs of dark feathers suggesting a leucistic bird. It doesn't appear to be in breeding plumage so perhaps a young, non-breeding-age bird. I haven't seen photos of the Hixson bird. Great White Herons seem to be being reported north of their normal range in the FL Keys more frequently and it seems almost any issue of North American Birds I pick up now has a report from some region. When Rick Knight, Howard Langridge and Rack Cross wrote-up the first one for TN in 1992 (MIG 63:1), they included a table of previous inland records from the SE US... a total of 13. Now TN alone has 7! Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:52:43 -0400 (EDT) Thanks to all the folks who responded regarding the 'Great White' Heron in Chattanooga. Since everyone responded off-list, I thought I would share that the bird is still being seen as of Wed night (1 July by Dan Jacobson). Hoping to try my luck over the long weekend. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, kde AT utk.edu wrote: > > Any recent sightings of the 'Great White' Heron at Chickamauga Dam? > > Thanks, > > Dean Edwards > Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Black-bellied whistling ducks, etc (Shelby Co, TN) From: david kirschke <dkirschke AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:00:50 -0700 (PDT) Spent Tuesday afternoon (6-30-09) birding Shelby Co, TN.  With some nice tips from Jeff Wilson I was able to locate 7 Black-bellied whistling ducks along with 3 least terns at TVA Lake; Black-necked stilts and dickcissels at the Pits; my life Tennessee male Painted bunting at Ensley Bottoms; plenty of Mississippi kites at President's Island along with a single Western kingbird and several common nighthawks and Eurasian collared doves; and several Fish crows at Shelby Farms on my way home.  Thanks to Jeff for the posts.  A few photos at the link below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: RFI: Chattanooga 'Great White' Heron? From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:56:13 -0400 (EDT) Any recent sightings of the 'Great White' Heron at Chickamauga Dam? Thanks, Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Looking for Whistling Ducks From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:30:27 EDT July 1, 2009 Memphis, TN On Saturday, all I could find was a pair hanging out on the covered pits at the treatment plant. I arrived late after starting the day over in AR and the swamp north of Coro Lake is just about dry so no birds there either. On Sunday, there were 8 birds on TVA Lake in the morning but had left by my return at 11:30. Two more pairs were found, one at the "Pits" and another hiding in the Horn Lake slough and borrow pits that parallel Riverport Road. It appears at least 4 pairs of Black-bellied have formed from the group of 14, so we probably, with any luck, are going to have a bumper crop this year of Whistling Ducks but you will have to search them out. We need rain. Now if I can only find where the Fulvous Whistlers went?? Western Kingbirds and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are feeding young and soon they will disperse and quickly. I've located two more nests of Westerns where they are still setting eggs. Sixteen nest and counting......... Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Dell Laptops: Huge Savings on Popular Laptops – Deals starting at $399(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222883570x1201497211/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D0) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: NTOS field trip Saturday, July 4 From: JanKShaw AT aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:15:43 EDT Saturday, July 4 - Gossett Tract and Hidden Lake of Harpeth River State Park Saturday morning we'll bird two sections of Harpeth River State Park in extreme west Davidson and Cheatham counties. We'll start with the more open Gossett Tract while it's cooler, then head for the wooded trails of Hidden Lake. The Gossett Tract is good for warblers such as Blue-winged, Prairie, Chat, and Louisiana Waterthrush, and White-eyed Vireo, Blue Grosbeak, and Indigo Bunting, while Hidden Lake will have woodland species. We'll be walking on mostly level grass and dirt trails. This trip will last just the morning. Meet at 7:00 at the Bellevue Park-N-Ride lot on Coley Davis Rd. off of Hwy 70 at I-40 exit 196 to carpool. All are welcome Jan Shaw Nashville, TN **************Dell Laptops: Huge Savings on Popular Laptops – Deals starting at $399(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222883570x1201497211/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D0) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Night birds (Hawkins Co., TN) From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion AT embarqmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:46:21 -0400 (EDT) June 30, 2009 Hawkins Co., TN 9:10-11:02 p.m. I observed the following this evening: Barn Owl (1, Webster Valley Road) Chuck-will's-widow (10--9 Tarpine Valley Road, 1 Webster Valley Road) Whip-poor-will (1, Butcher Valley Road) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 From: <kbreault AT mtsu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:29:34 -0500 (CDT) Yes, the World list was on the report as well as that for Mexico and South America. And I did say that I thought the World list was the most important one, and I only wish I had the time and money to go to other countries! I regret I did not include the West Indies/Caribbean in which for 2008 James Brooks is our number one lister at a rank of 9 with 347 birds, an impressive result. I will certainly include West Indies/Caribbean in the 2009 report. I want to be as inclusive as possible. With regard to the idea of listing, needless to say the activity has a long and storied tradition in birding with many, many publications. My overall philosophy is that human activity is not intrinsically meaningful, but that activity is meaningful to the extent that we find meaning in the things we do. Some people are passionate about birding and listing, others are equally passionate about stamp collective, model railroading, football, music, various academic pursuits, etc. We spend a ! ! very short time on this planet and unless the activity is unethical or criminal I am willing to encourage and support it regardless of whether it is my cup of tea or not. Kevin Breault Brentwood, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act From: Dev Joslin <devjoslin AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:26:32 -0600 Thanks, Bob! It's great to hear that this bill has passed the House. But it is so important that we do what we can to get it through the Senate. Thanks from one of the places where these birds hang out in the winter! Dev Joslin Monteverde, Costa Rica > From: hatcher2 AT bellsouth.net > To: tn-bird AT freelists.org > Subject: [TN-Bird] Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:57 -0500 > > The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) recommends that each of us contact our Senators concerning reauthorization of the federal Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. The bill has just passed in the House. It is now up for action by the Senate. The bill proposes an increase in funding from $6 million to $20 million per year by 2015. This means that many of the conservation projects that cannot currently be funded would be able to receive support. ABC provides a simple fully automated online system to guide you in submitting your comments to our Senators. To access the ABC site, click on http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/t/2205/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY‚6. > We each can again make a difference! Thanks for your help. > Bob Hatcher > > TOS Conservation Policy Committee Co-Chair, and > > Retired TWRA Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Coordinator > > Brentwood, TN > > > > > > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. 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You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act From: "Bob Hatcher" <hatcher2 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:57 -0500 The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) recommends that each of us contact our Senators concerning reauthorization of the federal Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. The bill has just passed in the House. It is now up for action by the Senate. The bill proposes an increase in funding from $6 million to $20 million per year by 2015. This means that many of the conservation projects that cannot currently be funded would be able to receive support. ABC provides a simple fully automated online system to guide you in submitting your comments to our Senators. To access the ABC site, click on http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/t/2205/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY‚6. We each can again make a difference! Thanks for your help. Bob Hatcher TOS Conservation Policy Committee Co-Chair, and Retired TWRA Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Coordinator Brentwood, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Indian Mound BBS From: Daniel Moss <dmoss5 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00) I ran the Indian Mound Breeding Bird Survey route this past Saturday June 27, which starts in central eastern Stewart county and runs through northwestern Montgomery county. Weather was clear with light winds. Although the route was run fairly late in the BBS season number of species was close to average at 65. Two new species for the route: Eurasian collared-dove and Dickcissel. Both were located in Montgomery county. Also had 1 Chuck-will's-widow on stop #2 in Stewart county and a couple of Barred owls as well. Daniel Moss Clarksville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman AT tntech.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:47:36 -0500 James Brooks uses the right word for listing, but he doesn't extend it as far as it needs to be extended, which is right down to the very last personal list. Steve Stedman Cookeville, TN -----Original Message----- From: tn-bird-bounce AT freelists.org [mailto:tn-bird-bounce AT freelists.org] On Behalf Of jameswbrooks AT comcast.net Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:38 AM To: kbreault AT bellsouth.net Cc: tn-bird Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 Dear Kevin - Thanks for taking the time to go through the ABA list totals, but you did overlook the only list total that really matters - the World Life List. Also, if you took the trouble to include Mexico and South America, you should take a look at West Indies/Caribbean. These new games the ABA has added, like total tickies, where you just count the same bird over and over in different areas, are pretty silly to me. Are you willing to undergo the expense to travel to every continent on the globe to see new life birds? There's the challenge. The other challenge is to see if you can find eveything within a partcular area. However, It's unlikely I'll return to the Caribbean. Although the 10 species I could still find in Jamaica is intriguing it's an area that has reached diminishing returns for me, as has the lower 48. Going to Alaska to seek Asian species strikes me as expensive and a bit crazy when you can find hundreds of them during migration in China and Hong Kong. It's much tougher birding in Afro-Eurasia because people trap and shoot all species while they are cutting down the habitat as quickly as they can. But you can find thousands of species if you are willing the dedicate yourself to the quest and assume the risks you incur for your great adventures. This spring on Mindanao we were tracking down hornbills and Imperial pigeons just a step ahead of the chain saws, which we heard everywhere. It was a five hour drive into the area on non-existant roads with burned out trucks dotting the landscape from loggers who failed to pay "taxes" to the New People's Army. My brother-in-law, on leave from fighting MILF Muslim rebels, carried a .45 strapped to his thigh and watched my back, while also carrying my scope. If I were to win the lottery tomorrow, my first destination would be South Africa, followed by Panama, Equador and the Galapagos. Otherwise I'll return to Mindanao for family obligations and pursue the Philippine Eagle and Bukidnon Woodcock, followed by a trip to Palawan. On my last trip I got  Zamboanga Bulbul safely out of its normal range in the combat zone with the MILF, an unexpected treat. James Brooks =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:40:49 EDT In a message dated 6/29/2009 7:14:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jameswbrooks AT comcast.net writes: Thanks for taking the time to go through the ABA list totals, but you did overlook the only list total that really matters - the World Life List. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I too thank Kevin for his time but why would the World Life list be the only one that really matters?? (as if any of them Really Matter other than for one's entertainment and I'm of those that such trivia holds some of my interest) and number VI in Kevin's list was the World Life List?? Just curious? Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Sequatchie Valley - sun,6/29 From: "Shane H. Williams" <shanehwilliams AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:38:12 -0400 Stan Wallace and I visited the Sequatchie Valley in Bledsoe County Sunday hoping to find Dickcissel to add to our life-lists. No luck with Dickcissel, but we did see 11 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS. There were the 5 (2 adult,3 juv.) on Ninemile Crossroads, 1 adult on Oxier Hollow Rd, and 5 adults along Upper E Valley Rd (1 north of Oxier Hollow Rd/Melvin Crossroads, 2 seperate pairs between Ninemile Crossroads and Worthington Cemetary Rd). We also spotted 2 EURASIAN-COLLARED DOVES (lifer for Stan) along Upper E Valley Rd between Ninemile Crossroads and Worthington Cemetary Rd (believe there was a pond on the west side of rd there). We heard 4 or 5 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (lifer for me) at a few spots along E Valley Rd as well. David Trently and 2 others were in the area as well and they helped with the 1st definite Grasshopper Sparrow ID. Below is a partial list. Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher - 11 Eastern Wood Pewee - 1 Eurasian-Collared Dove - 2 Blue Grosbeak - 2 Indigo Bunting - several Grasshopper Sparrow - 4-5 Chipping Sparrow - 4-5 Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - 1 Barn Swallow - many Chimney Swift Green Heron - 1 Great Blue Heron - 4 Belted Kingfisher - 2 Red-Tailed Hawk - 2 Accipiter Species - 1 Amer. Kestral - 4-5 Black Vulture - 1 Turkey Vulture - several Shane Williams - Knoxville,TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 From: jameswbrooks AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Dear Kevin - Thanks for taking the time to go through the ABA list totals, but you did overlook the only list total that really matters - the World Life List. Also, if you took the trouble to include Mexico and South America, you should take a look at West Indies/Caribbean. These new games the ABA has added, like total tickies, where you just count the same bird over and over in different areas, are pretty silly to me. Are you willing to undergo the expense to travel to every continent on the globe to see new life birds? There's the challenge. The other challenge is to see if you can find eveything within a partcular area. However, It's unlikely I'll return to the Caribbean. Although the 10 species I could still find in Jamaica is intriguing it's an area that has reached diminishing returns for me, as has the lower 48. Going to Alaska to seek Asian species strikes me as expensive and a bit crazy when you can find hundreds of them during migration in China and Hong Kong. It's much tougher birding in Afro-Eurasia because people trap and shoot all species while they are cutting down the habitat as quickly as they can. But you can find thousands of species if you are willing the dedicate yourself to the quest and assume the risks you incur for your great adventures. This spring on Mindanao we were tracking down hornbills and Imperial pigeons just a step ahead of the chain saws, which we heard everywhere. It was a five hour drive into the area on non-existant roads with burned out trucks dotting the landscape from loggers who failed to pay "taxes" to the New People's Army. My brother-in-law, on leave from fighting MILF Muslim rebels, carried a .45 strapped to his thigh and watched my back, while also carrying my scope. If I were to win the lottery tomorrow, my first destination would be South Africa, followed by Panama, Equador and the Galapagos. Otherwise I'll return to Mindanao for family obligations and pursue the Philippine Eagle and Bukidnon Woodcock, followed by a trip to Palawan. On my last trip I got  Zamboanga Bulbul safely out of its normal range in the combat zone with the MILF, an unexpected treat. James Brooks =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Red Crossbills at Clingman's Dome (NC) From: tnbarredowl AT aol.com Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:51:03 -0400 I visited Clingman's Dome yesterday (6/28)?with my family.? It has been many years since I spent time in that high elevation country.? We were greeted in the parking lot by a young turkey, feeding on hand-outs from tourists...bet he'll become a regular.? As we began walking the trail to the tower, three birds flew into a tree in front of the restrooms.? A quick look through the binoculars gave me a great view of 2 male and 1 female Red Crossbill.? Other birds along the trail included Chimney Swift (the only bird seen in Tennessee), Cedar Waxwing, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Eastern Towhee and lots of Dark-eyed Junco. Damien Simbeck Killen, AL =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: GSMNP & Foothills Pkwy, 06/28/09 From: ahoffman07 AT bellsouth.net Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:55:37 +0000 We birded different locations on the Townsend side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and along the Foothills Parkway during the afternoon and evening of Sunday, 28 June 2009. Highlights appear below. Schoolhouse Gap trail (GSMNP): Acadian flycatcher Red-eyed vireo Blue-headed vireo Black-throated green warbler Worm-eating warbler (life bird for both!) Middle Prong trail (GSMNP): Acadian flycatcher *water too loud to hear anything else Look Rock trail to tower (Foothills Pkwy): Pine warbler (group foraging in trees) Indigo bunting (pair w/young fledglings) Scarlet tanager *Flora note: Clumps of Indianpipe and Striped Prince's Pine/Spotted Wintergreen were blooming all along the trail. Indianpipe was in abundance. Good birding, Angela Hoffman & Seth McConchie Angela M. Hoffman Knoxville, TN ahoffman07 AT bellsouth.net =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Birding in Tennessee: The Warner Parks From: EGLEAVES AT aol.com Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:10 EDT To the TN-Bird List: On behalf of Sandy Bivens and myself, I want to express our appreciation to Chuck Nicholson for editing, formatting, and posting the web pages on Birding in Tennessee, the most recent of which is the one the Warner Parks: _http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/WarnerParks.html_ (http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/WarnerParks.html) This web page follows the ones on Beaman Park, Bells Bend Park, and Shelby Bottoms, just to mention the Metro Nashville parks. They and others in the Nashville area and across the state can all be accessed via the above link. I offer a special word of thanks to my wife, Janey, who assisted me in the arduous task of digitizing the NTOS records on the Spring, Fall, and Christmas counts over a ten-year period. Edwin S. Gleaves 1004 Norfleet Drive Nashville, TN 37220 615-373-4309 edwin.gleaves AT comcast.net egleaves AT aol.com **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: FWD: Violet-crowned Hummingbird Near Blacksburg, Va From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:23:47 -0400 (EDT) Surprised noone from Bristol area has mentioned this yet but a VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD was being seen over the weekend near Blacksburg, VA. See the message below from the VA listserv. More info, directions, updates, links to photos, etc can be found by following the VA listserv at: http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/VABD.html Only 250 miles from Knoxville. No updates posted yet today but it was seen by many on Sunday. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Via, Jerry Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 2:57 PM Bill Akers and I just visited Huffman House Bed and Breakfast which is owned by Carol and Ron Baker. They noticed on Thursday June 25, a Violet-crowned Hummingbird at their feeder. They forwarded some pictures to us and we spent the morning (Saturday June27th) at their house and observed and photographed the birds on numerous occasions. The bird is an adult in good shape and very comfortable in their yard. It is defending the feeders from the many Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Since it is territorial, I feel that it will stay around a while. We think that this is the first occurrence in Virginia and probably the first time east of Texas. The best way to get to the Huffman House is to drive on 460 west of Blacksburg, Turn right on route 42 at the entrance of Newport, VA. There is a super value mart there. From 460 it is 6.8 miles to the site. You will see a sign that says Huffman on the right and the next right turn is Huffman Store Road. Turn in there and park next to the white store. The birds favorite feeder is the one on the porch on the right side (as you face the house) It also frequents the tree in the front yard on that side of the house which has numerous dead twigs which are its favorite perches. Since this is a bed and breakfast, please be considerate of the grounds and the guests. The website for the Huffman House is www.Thehuffmanhousebandb.com Mike Michael R. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Tennessee Birders by the Numbers: 2008 From: kbreault AT bellsouth.net Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:33:13 +0000 Tennessee Birders by the Number: 2008 (Vol. 4) TN Birders: As in previous "volumes" the idea of this report is to explore how TN birders compare to the wider community of competitive birders with regard to the listing "sport" inaugurated in 1969 by the American Birding Association (ABA). Needless to say this is not a report on the scientific activities and accomplishments of the professional ornithologists in Tennessee or the many amateur field workers who record their bird observations. This is just a game or sport as the ABA puts it--something like professional golf without the fame, commercial endorsements or prize money! As such, it is but just a corner of the big tent that is birding. Year after year we have found that TN birders excell on many relevant statistics related to the sport, and in one listing area/game in particular (and of particular interest to me) we are leaders. So as before we begin with Total Ticks. I. Total Ticks: States/Provinces by Total Ticks Birders The ABA's Total Ticks list is where you record the total species seen in states (but not Hawaii), Canadian provinces, DC & the French islands of St.-Pierre & Miquelon (located just south of the Island of Newfoundland), with a threshold (requirement) of at least 4,000 total birds in these areas, i.e., you need to have identified 4,000 birds to list. Last year we tied for 1st with Michigan, with 8 total ticking birders. This year (below) we came in 2nd with 9 birders. 1. Michigan (10 birders) 2. TENNESSEE (9) 3. Massachusetts (8) 5.-t New York (7) 5.-t Washington (7) 9.-t California (6) 9.-t Colorado (6) 9.-t New Jersey (6) 9.-t Texas (6) 10. Indiana (5) 15.-t Florida (4) 15.-t Illinois (4) 15.-t Maryland (4) 15.-t Pennsylvania (4) 15.-t Rhode Island (4) The total tickers for 2008 were: David Chaffin (10,893), Robert Odear (8,411), Rick Waldrop (8,156), Kevin Breault (7,657), Daniel Jacobson (6,504), John Henderson (6,461), John Moyle (5,701), Bill Pulliam (4,463) and David Trently (4,424). A total of 62,670 bird observations, 10,241 greater than last year. Note that four TN birders are now in the top 30 on the Total Ticks list with only Michigan having as many. II. States/Provinces by ABA Area Birders The major ABA list, the "ABA Area" includes all the states (but again not HI), Canadian Provinces, St. Pierre & Miquelon and adjacent waters, with a threshold of 500 species. Last year we looked at various ways of ranking states by the number of birders on the ABA Area list. At least for me the oveall result was not very satisfying so below I produce the 2008 results with all the apples and oranges included, i.e., without controlling for population size. Last year (2007) we were 12th with 23 birders, in 2008 we were 11th with 26 birders. 1. California (78 birders) 2. Texas (66) 3. Florida (52) 4. Michigan (42) 7.-t Arizona (34) 7.-t Colorado (34) 7.-t Massachusetts (34) 8. Washington (33) 9. Maryland (30) 10. New Jersey (28) 11. TENNESSEE (26) 12. New York (25) 13. Pennsylvania (24) 14. Illinois (22) 16.-t North Carolina (21) 16.-t Oregon (21) Our 26 high ranking TN birders for 2008 were: David Chaffin (805 species with a rank of 22 among all ABA birders), Robert Odear (776), Dollyann Myers (758), John Henderson (752), Daniel Jacobson (751), Tommie Rodgers (736), Kevin Calhoon (735), Rick Waldrop (733), Clyde Blum (729), Rick Knight (708), Kathy Jacobson (701), Judy Newsome (691), Carol Fegarido (690), Steven Clendenen (682), Gail Clendenen (682), Terry Witt (663), Jeff Wilson (651), Kevin Breault (632), Ron Hoff (631), James Brooks (631), John Moyle (614), Michael Todd (612), Francis Fekel (605), Bill Pulliam (591), David Trently (563), and a big welcome and congratulations to Zack Barrow who entered the list with 500 birds. III. TN Birders on State/Province Lists Other than Tennessee Many TN birders are on the lists for other states/provinces. Last year 20 birders were listed on other states/provinces with a total of 26 states. In 2008, 26 birders are included with a total of 36 states and provinces. Note that each state or Canadian province has a requirement of 50% species identified. In 2008, the TN requirement for listing was 204, i.e. in order to record your TN total with the ABA you must have identified 204 species in TN. The following table provides TN birders by the number of states/provinces at the 50% threshold, and the specific states/provinces ranked first among TN birders. Thus, David Chaffin has 50% of more species in 23 states/provinces, and in seven states/provinces is first among all TN birders. Birders who added states/provinces this year were Kevin Calhoon, with two new states, and Rick Waldrop, Daniel Jacobson, David Trently, Carol Fegarido, and Kevin Breault, each with one. 1. David Chaffin (23 states/provinces), AK, IN, KY, ME, MI, OK, SD (first among TN birders) 2. Robert Odear (20), CO, DE, OR, MB 3. Rick Waldrop (18), ND 4. Kevin Calhoon (12), OH, SC 5. Tommie Rodgers (11), FL, IA, KS, MO, NE 7.-t John Henderson (8) 7.-t Daniel Jacobson (8), GA 9.-t Clyde Blum (6) 9.-t David Trently (6), PA 11.-t Carol Fegarido (5), AZ, CA 11.-t Jeff Wilson (5), AL, AR, MS 16.-t Kevin Breault (4), IL, VT 16.-t Mark Greene (4) 16.-t John Moyle (4), CT, NJ, NY 16.-t Bill Pulliam (4) 16.-t Judy Newsome (4) 20.-t Gail Clendenen (3) 20.-t Steve Clendenen (3) 20.-t Francis Fekel (3) 20.-t Rick Knight (3), LA, NC, TX 24.-t Phillip Casteel (2) 24.-t Ron Huff (2) 24.-t Kathy Jacobson (2) 24.-t Thomas McNeil (2) 26.-t James Brooks (1) 26.-t Gail King (1) IV. AOU Area Established in 1883, the AOU is the American Ornithologist Union, the major professional association for ornithologists--the people who actually do bird science. Their publication, The Auk, is the major scientific journal in the bird field. The AOU Area is that covered by the most recent AOU Check-List of North American Birds, and includes North and Central America and island groups such as Hawaii. In 2008, our leader on this list was Rick Waldrop at 1,653 birds at a rank of 5 among all birders. David Chaffin had 1,326 and a rank of 46, Robert Odear had 1,181 (99 rank), Daniel Jacobson 1,168 (105), John Henderson 1,149 (112), Clyde Blum 984 (226), David Trently 962 (248), and James Brooks 935 (284). V. Canada Robert Odear is again back on the Canada list with 376 birds (rank of 54). Note that Odear had 247 birds on the Manitoba list at a rank of 9. I have discovered that Manitoba is a great place to bird, but unfortunately I did not get to Canada in 2008, perhaps next year! VI. The World While the ABA Area list is considered the primary ABA list (history and popularity is involved here), it seems to me that the most important list for birders is the World list. Clearly, and unless we find other planets with birds (I believe our own Francis Fekel is working on that) you can't get better than the World list. The following are all the TN birders on the 2008 World list: Dollyann Myers 7,184 (15 rank)!, Ron Hoff 7,011 (20), Terry Witt 6,082 (46), Rick Waldrop 4,421 (122), David Chaffin 2,750 (241), James Brooks 1,932 (319), Robert Odear 1,798 (339), Daniel Jacobson 1,764 (341), John Moyle 1,758 (343), Jeff Wilson 1,669 (356), and Kevin Calhoon 1,600 (361). Among birders who added birds this year: Dollyann Myers (307 birds), Ron Hoff (278), and Terry Witt (138). VII. North America The top TN birders on this list were: Rick Waldrop at 1,653 birds with a rank of 3 (!), and Dollyann Myers at 1,538 birds and a rank of 16. VIII. South America The top TN birders for 2008 were: Dollyann Myers 2,237 (23), Ron Hoff 2,220 (25), Rick Waldrop 1,996 (47), Terry Witt 1,942 (51). IX. Africa Here the top leaders were: Dollyann Myers 1,445 (28), Ron Hoff 1,439 (30), Terry Witt 1,412 (32). X. Eurasia Top leaders: Ron Hoff 1,785 (15), Dollyann Myers 1,775 (17), Terry Witt 1,556 (28). XI. Mexico Here our leaders were: Dollyann Myers 695 (24), Jeff Wilson 686 (26), Robert Odear 660 (33), Daniel Jacobson 644 (39), Judy Newsome 563 (73). XII. Millennium List On this list you record the number of species identified in the ABA Area on or after January 1, 2001. Carol Fegarido leads with 675 birds at a rank of 12. David Chaffin 646 (28), Steven Clendenen 625 (41), Gail Clendenen 625 (41), Daniel Jacobson 623 (44), Michael Todd 610 (52), John Henderson 590 (61), David Trently 532 (93). XIII. Photographed Here Jeff Wilson had 581 at a rank of 22, and Michael Todd had 494 (44). XIV. Annual Lists On ABA's annual lists, Carol Fegarido had 380 birds (rank 52) for the ABA Area, Francis Fekel had 843 on the North America list and a rank of 2 (!), David Chaffin and Daniel Jacobson were on the Alabama list with 205 and 192 birds respectively (the only birders on the AL list), Steve Clendenen had 251 (rank 10) on the Arizona list, Robert Odear had 280 with a rank of 3 (!) on the Oregon list, and Judy Newsome had 230 (rank 8) on the Washington list. Of course, lots of birders are on the TN annual list for 2008, with Jeff Wilson (275) and Michael Todd (265) in the lead (the second year in a row in which they were at the top). XV. Annual Total Ticks As noted before the ABA does not have a list for annual total ticks but it is easily calculated. The following table includes the top 10 birders by number of total ticks for 2008 (in brackets I have included the overall total ticks as of 2008). Note that to be on this list your must have been on the previous 2007 list. In previous years, John Henderson, David Chaffin, Robert Odear, Rick Waldrop and Kevin Breault have been in the top 10, and Robert Odear is 19th on the all-time list of annual totals with 1,103 birds. 1. David Narins, FL (691) [7,795] 2. Brooke Clibbon, AB (670) [6,299] 3. Eric Tull, AB (592) [7,602] 4. KEVIN BREAULT, TN (586) [7,657] 5. Jack Lefor, ND (580) [4,755] 6. Bill Laframboise, WA (561) [6,975] 7. Charles Mills, IN (524) [4,710] 8. Kent Davis, VA (498) [7,202] 9. RICK WALDROP, TN (427) [8,156] 10. Jennifer Rycenga, CA (406) [5,352] XVI. Tennessee State List While the Tennessee state list is well known to most TN birders, there may be various comparisons with the birding community at large that are of interest. First, there are 42 birders on the TN list as of 2008, and our top ten leaders are: Jeff Wilson (387 birds), Daniel Jacobson (364), Clyde Blum (358), Michael Todd (354), Mark Greene, Kathy Jacobson & Dollyann Myers (all at 347), Terry Witt (346), David Chaffin (343), and Kevin Calhoon (343). Second, where do we stand with regard to the number of birders on the TN list? As the table below shows, we end up with a rank of 21 out of 63 on the number of birders by states/provinces. For example, the Texas list includes 334 birders. States/Provinces by Birders on States/Provinces Lists (Nc) 1. Texas (334 birders) 2. California (181) 3. Arizona (168) 4. Florida (136) 6.-t Michigan (78) 6.-t New Jersey (78) 7. Colorado (74) 8. Massachusetts (73) 9. New York (66) 11.-t Maryland (65) 11.-t North Carolina (65) 12. Delaware (63) 14. Manitoba (59) 14. Virginia (59) 16.-t Illinois (57) 16.-t Ontario (57) 17. Oregon (56) 18. Washington (54) 19. Ohio (51) 21. Georgia (42) 21. TENNESSEE (42) Clearly, being a major birding destination makes a big difference. And one result of that is the Tennessee list has a high number of TN birders. In fact, the Tennessee list ranks 1st among all states and provinces with 73.8% of the birders on the list from Tennessee. Indiana and British Columbia are tied for second/third at 67.9%. The high number of Tennessee birders on the Tennessee list (31) suggests that Tennessee birders rank much higher than the 21 in the previous table. The following table ranks states/provinces by the number of in-state birders on the states/provinces lists. For example, the California list has 70 birders who are from California. States/Provinces by In-State Birders on States/Provinces Lists (Nc) 1. California (70) 2. Texas (66) 3. Florida (51) 4. Michigan (42) 5. Colorado (36) 6. Maryland (34) 8.-t Massachusetts (31) 8.-t TENNESSEE (31) 9. Washington (30) 10. Arizona (29) Without question, with a rank of 8 out of 63 on this list, Tennessee birding at the state/province level is very strong indeed. XVII. Miscellaneous A. Ten Years for the Total Ticks Game, 1998-2008 Total Ticks became an official ABA game in 1998 and thus 2008 is the 10th-year anniversary. The following table provides the most active total tickers since 1998, i.e., all total ticks reported since 1998. Thus, since the inception of the Total Ticks game, Kenneth Ward has 7,211 reported total ticks for a rank of 1st. Note that TN birders have four totals in the top 35, with only MI having as many. 1.Kenneth Ward, VT (7,211) 2. M. Christine Sidler, RI (4,361) 3. Cecil Kersting, RI (4,223) 4. Don Chalfant, MI (4,179) 5. DAVID CHAFFIN, TN (4,076) 6. M.K. Edge Wade, MO (3,401) 7. KEVIN BREAULT, TN (3,276) 8. Leif Anderson, AR (3,259) 9. Albert Filemyr, PA (3,140) 10. Kent Davis, VA (2,956) 11. Gregg Butcher, DC (2,928) 12. Richard Rosche, NY (2,782) 13. Edwin Smith, MI (2,756) 14. Paul Lehman, CA (2,731) 15. David Narins, FL (2,655) 16. Michael Overton, TX (2,570)* 17. Robert Walton, IN (2,547) 18. Bill Laframboise, WA (2,452) 19. Shirley Smith, MI (2,394) 20. Edwin Powers, IN (2,397) 21. Joyce Bathke, MO (2,274) 22. Nancy Laframboise, WA (2,165) 23. J. Pat Valentik, AR (2,123)** 24. Jay Withgott, OR (1,998) 25. Stephen J. Dinsmore, IA (1,989)** 26. Michael Resch, MA (1,969) 27. Robert Machover, NJ (1,899) 28. Mike Haldeman, UT (1,876)** 29. Ron Haaseth, AZ (1,826) 30. JOHN HENDERSON, TN (1,825) 31. RICK WALDROP, TN (1,815) 32. Karl Overman, MI (1,789)** 33. Eric Tull, AB (1,787) 34. Joy Bowen, MD (1,784) 35. Hugh Willoughby, RI (1,742) *No report for 2007 & 2008 **No report for 2008 B. States as a Percentage of Birders on Other States One reader of the 2007 report wanted to know, "It might be of interest to note how many birders are listed in each of the states that are contiguous to TN. What state is the most popular destination of our most active bird listers?" One way of calculating this is to determine how many TN birders are on other state and province lists, and then determine what percentage of the other lists include TN birders. In addition, it is possible to calculate the same for birders from all states and provinces, not just TN. Moreover, we can then rank states by birders who have the highest proportion in other states and provinces. If this is not clear, consider this example. Fifty percentage (50%) of the recorded birders on the Alabama list are TN birders, (50% AL = TN), a rank of 1st in the ABA area. The second rank is: 36% of birders on the Kentucky list are TN birders, (36% KY = TN). Thus, the answer is that more TN birders are reported on the Alabama list than any other state, a nd TN birders rank first in the country with regard to their listing activity in other states. And note on the table that seven of the ranks are for TN birders (MA comes in second with five ranks). This is clearly an extraordinary result for TN birding. Note that the table does not include Canadian provinces with less than 10 listed birders (e.g., only one birder from British Columbia is listed for Newfoundland). 1. 50.0% AL = TN 2. 36.0% KY = TN 3. 31.0% GA = TN 5.t 30.8% NH = MA 5.t 30.8% DC = MD 6. 27.6% RI = MA 7. 26.3% ON = MI 8. 25.5% OH = MI 12.-t 25.0% AB = BC 12.-t 25.0% OR = WA 12.-t 25.0% SD = ND 12.-t 25.0% VT = MA 13. 24.3% SC = TN 14. 24.1% AK = CA 15. 23.8% DE = MD 16. 22.2% ME = MA 17. 21.7% ID = WA 18. 20.3% VA = MD 21.-t 20.0% NC = TN 21.-t 20.0% UT = CO 21.-t 20.0% WV = TN 22. 19.0% KS = MO 23. 18.5% AR = TN 25.-t 18.2% CT = RI 25.-t 18.2% CT = MA 26. 17.4% ID = TX 27. 17.2% WI = IL 28. 14.7% NM = TX 29. 13.7% AZ = CA 30. 12.8% NJ = PA C. Most Productive Total Ticks Trip? Another TN birder wanted to know where to go for the most productive total ticks trip. With regard to the states/provinces that will yield the most birds in a short time I would include the following ten in the first tier: CA, CO, KS, LA, MB (Manitoba), MD, NJ, OR, TX, WI. By far the best place is TX where you should be able to get 250+ birds on a short trip (3-5 days). I think the 2nd tier for productive places would be: AZ, DE, IA, MI, MN, MO, NM, NY, OH, ON (Ontario), UT & WA. In a short time you can get close to 200 birds in those places. In terms of a multiple state/province trip I would suggest, TX, NM, AZ & CA. If you have four weeks or so to devote (about April 15-May 15), and drive there and back, going through NV, UT, CO, KS and MO on the way back, you should get at least 1,400 birds conservatively speaking--many more depending on your pre-trip planning (absolutely essential). That's all for 2008. Great birding wishes for 2009! Let me apologize in advance for any errors as lots of numbers and calculations were involved. If I have made a mistake let me know and I'll note it next year. If you have a calculation question you would like answered let me know, and tell me if you would like other lists (e.g., World Families) included in this report. Of course, you can't list your ABA totals unless you are a member of the American Birding Association (www.americanbirding.org). The Individual and Joint membership ($45, $52), in which you get a subscription to Birding, Winging It, and the ABA Big Day and List Report, is a very small amount compared to that TN birders spend on books, optics, travel and trips, but a great investment to TN birding and the general birding community. Good birding and good totaling! Kevin Breault Brentwood, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Panhandle Road From: "Mike" <hawk036 AT bvunet.net> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:39:31 -0400 Took a trip to Panhandle Road in Carter Co, TN. Observers present were Gary Cooper and Greg Harris. Journal of Sighting Records Entered 6/27/2009 Eastern Bluebird Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 2 = /m/f/OH/OG/TM Northern Cardinal Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM Hooded Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 4 = /m /f /OH/OG/TM Black-throated Green Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 4 = /h /OH/OG/TM Dark-eyed Junco Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 8 = /OH/OG/TM Eastern Towhee Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 5 = /m/f /OH/OG/TM Eastern Wood-Pewee Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 3 = /OH/OG/TM Indigo Bunting Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 6 = /m/f /OH/OG/TM Chestnut-sided Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 2 = /OH/OG/TM Broad-winged Hawk Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /O /OH/OG/TM American Goldfinch Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 4 = /OH/OG/TM Scarlet Tanager Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 2 = /OH/OG/TM White-breasted Nuthatch Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 2 = /OH/OG/TM Brown-headed Cowbird Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM American Redstart Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 3 = /m/f /OH/OG/TM Canada Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM Ovenbird Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM Yellow-throated Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 2 = /OH/OG/TM Black-and-white Warbler Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM Gray Catbird Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 3 = /OH/OG/TM Carolina Chickadee Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 1 = /OH/OG/TM American Crow Panhandle Rd South Holston Mtn TN US Jun 27, 2009 = 3 = /OH/OG/TM Printed June 27, 2009 ~ MIKE data set ~ 22 records Page 1 Mike Sanders Bristol, VA =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Great blue heronry From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:32:51 -0400 Rock Hill, Cocke county, 6/25/09, by 6 observers in 2 canoes After fourteen great blue herons took flight downriver , we came upon some nests in a row of sycamores on the south bank of the French Broad, near "Mile 79" on the Newport USGS quadrangle. We counted 16 nests; seven were still occupied by standing individuals. It was the first time for us on this section of the river (which has several deep caves in the limestone cliffs on the north bank); there doesn't appear to be any previous documentation of the heronry. Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Forthcoming ID guide From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:38 -0400 (EDT) Here's another link with more preview plates released earlier this week. Click on 'Gallery' ... after watching the video. http://www.crossleybirds.com Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, kde AT utk.edu wrote: > > Since bird email traffic is slow during the summer duldrums, > those who may not have already seen this might wish to check > out the following links for a preview of plates from a new > bird ID guide (presumedly for ABA area) by Richard Crossley > which is apparently in the works: > > http://www.birdingonthe.net/crossley/slides1.html > > http://10000birds.com/could-this-be-north-americas-best-id-guide.htm > > Crossley was one of the co-authors of the recently published > "The Shorebird Guide". I have not heard an expected publication > date for the new book. Definitely looks interesting. Maybe > for a change it will be an actual US guide and include Hawaii. > > > Dean Edwards > Knoxville, TN > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. 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You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Forthcoming ID guide From: kde AT utk.edu Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:44 -0400 (EDT) Since bird email traffic is slow during the summer duldrums, those who may not have already seen this might wish to check out the following links for a preview of plates from a new bird ID guide (presumedly for ABA area) by Richard Crossley which is apparently in the works: http://www.birdingonthe.net/crossley/slides1.html http://10000birds.com/could-this-be-north-americas-best-id-guide.htm Crossley was one of the co-authors of the recently published "The Shorebird Guide". I have not heard an expected publication date for the new book. Definitely looks interesting. Maybe for a change it will be an actual US guide and include Hawaii. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: 14 B-b Whistling Ducks - Memphis From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:48:11 EDT June 25, 2009 Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co. TN A late afternoon run, produced 12 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at TVA Lake and a pair at Coro Lake. There were 4 Least Sandpipers (the bright one evidently headed on south) and a Spotted Sandpiper at the "Pits". Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Stay connected and tighten your budget with a great mobile device for under $20. Take a Peek! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100122638x1222405996x1201457362/aol?redir=http://www.getpeek.com/aol) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: More Savannah Sparrows in Cumberland Co. From: "LeGrand Family" <elegrand AT frontiernet.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:07:26 -0500 Joseph Mast found a Savannah Sparrow on June 20 in a field along Bud Tanner Rd. 0.5 mile southwest of US 70N in the northwestern part of Cumberland County. Upon rechecking on June 23 he found two there. This morning (June 24) I went with him to follow up, and we found 3 singing Savannah Sparrows and at least 2 others that we assume were females as part of pairs. There were also 1-2 singing Grasshopper Sparrows. This field looked to have been cut several weeks prior, as it was fairly short but had scattered taller weeds, along with a small uncut section. This constitutes a second apparent breeding "colony" in Cumberland County this summer, the other being in the southern part of the county at Shadow Mt. Estates off Dunbar Rd. where a maximum of 7 birds (4 singers) have been found. -Ed LeGrand Cumberland County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Henslow's Sparrows From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch AT dtccom.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:16:58 -0500 Since the site to see Henslow's Sparrows here in DeKalb County has been eliminated due to mowing of the field where they were found in previous years, Virginia and I decided to visit the one near Manchester this morning. Lots of the sparrows were singing but were difficult to actually see. We finally managed scope looks at four but all were in the bright sun and it was impossible to get photos. Blue Grosbeaks were numerous at the site as were Yellow-breasted Chats. We also saw one Yellow-billed Cuckoo and a single Eastern Phoebe. Directions to the site have been posted before but I repeat them just in case you missed the previous ones: Exit #114 going east on I-24; turn left at the end of the ramp onto 41S which does not logically seem to be going south. In about a mile, turn left onto Asbury Road. After almost exactly 5 miles on Asbury turn left onto Hickerson Road; before Hickerson there are several roads and a single road without a road sign so don't waste your time going down that one to the dead end as we did. Stay on Hickerson past the sharp curve at a sod farm and beginning at the next curve is the sparrow site marked with a Barrens WMA brown sign. It might be different when you visit but all the sparrows we found and heard were on the right side of the road this morning. Tommy Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Sequatchie Valley Scissor-tailed Flycatchers From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:53 -0400 Denise Nauman, Tony King, Zamboni and I spent all afternoon today birding in Bledsoe County, mainly looking for Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and the Dickcissals seen by Ed LeGrand on June 21. We first stopped at the transformer on Ninemile Crossroad where the Scissor-tails have been nesting for the past several years and discovered that the 3 young have fledged! We got good looks at the whole family (2 adults, 3 fledglings) as they hunted and perched on the wires and fences. The mailman stopped and told us about another group of Scissor-tails on East Valley Road a couple miles north of Pikeville, so we headed in that direction. (take Ninemile Crossroad to its end and turn right on East Valley Road). Sure enough, about a mile north of Pikeville on East Valley Road we found two more adults and two fledglings at a dairy farm with a very large pond and silo on the east side of the road. The nest (now abandoned) was on a transformer at the top of the wide concrete road/drive at the farm. We continued on a little way toward Pikeville and at a farm about half a mile north of Pikeville (on the west side of the road) spotted four Eurasian Collared Doves atop a barn. After a lunch break in Pikeville, we drove back up East Valley Road. At Oxier Hollow Road (which I could not find on any internet map and was not even in Tony's gazeteer) we stopped to look for the Dickcissals as Ed had indicated that was the easiest place to find one. We drove east on Oxier Hollow Road a short distance (maybe a quarter mile) where we spotted another adult Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sitting on a wire to the west of the road. We stopped to look at at it and Tony located a beautiful male Dickcissal singing from a tall bush on the east side of the road. So we had 10 Scissor-tails for the day.... 5 adults and 5 juveniles. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Dickcissels but few Sc.-T. Flycatchers in Sequatchie Valley From: "LeGrand Family" <elegrand AT frontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:11:25 -0500 On Sunday, June 21, Steve Stedman and I spent over 7 hours checking the upper Sequatchie Valley (Bledsoe and Cumberland Counties) for Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. We could only find scissor-tails (1 adult and 3 fledglings) at the usual breeding site on Ninemile Road just east of Old Hwy. 28, where they were reported last week by Harold Birch. This contrasts with last July 1, 2008 when we found scissor-tails in 5 locations (9 adults, plus 1 juvenile and 5 fledglings), all in Bledsoe County. On the other hand, Dickcissels were notable in their numbers, with 10 birds (8 singing males and two presumed mates) found. These were all in Bledsoe County, both north and south of Pikeville. The easiest spot to find them would be at Oxier Hollow Road near East Valley Rd. (a pair along the road) and a few hundred yards away at Melvin(e) Crossroad near East Valley Rd. (singing male beside the road). Last year on July 1 the only Dickcissels we found was a pair at Melvin(e) Crossroad near East Valley Rd. Other notably common birds were Grasshopper Sparrow (17 individuals) and Blue Grosbeaks (18 inidviduals). We've never found either Scissor-tailed Flycatchers or Dickcissels in the small part of the Sequatchie Valley in Cumberland County. -Ed LeGrand Cumberland County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Birding Look Rock Trail on Foothills Parkway From: Viclcsw AT aol.com Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:01:19 EDT I paid my first visit to the Foothills Parkway in east TN on Sunday, the 21st. With me was experienced birder, Ken Dubke. The highlight for me was the sweet female Black-throated Green warbler, foraging in the rhododendrum thickets near the radio transmission station (I think that's what it was). _http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/2009/06/black-throated-green-warbler.html_ (http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/2009/06/black-throated-green-warbler.html) Of special enjoyment also were the additional warblers identified by song: Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Hooded, Pine, and Worm eating warblers. We also had red-eyed vireos and blue-headed vireos singing over-head, resulting in a tired neck and for me and two glimpses of the blue in flight. In all, despite muggy, 90-degree conditions and swarming knats (!) we had 20 species. Vickie Henderson Knoxville, TN birding location, Foothills Parkway, Maryville, TN, Look Rock Trail _www.vickiehenderson.blogspot.com_ (http://www.vickiehenderson.blogspot.com) **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Tyson Park, Knoxville, Knox Co. From: Christopher Welsh <cwelsh AT utk.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:13:38 -0400 While running Saturday morning (6/20) my 3 running partners and I saw a Yellow-crowned Night Heron on the shore of Third Creek right at Tyson Park just downstream of the playground. Tyson Park is just northeast of the Kingston Pike/Alcoa Hwy interchange. Chris Welsh Knoxville, Knox Co. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: new pics posted From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:30:58 -0500 I've posted three new galleries of photos in my SmugMug page (link is in my signature below): Hatteras in Winter - pics from February pelagics off the Outer Banks Spring 2009 - miscellaneous pics from Nashville area this past spring Peabody WMA (KY) - birds, butterflies, and odes with Dave Roemer on June 6. Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://csloan.smugmug.com =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: white morph Great Blue Heron From: TenacBirder AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Thomas Farm Hwy 27 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN Today, ~ 3 O'clock, 6-21-09, as we traveled toward town on Hwy 27, Cynthia and I spotted a rather large white bird at Thomas farm. We turned around and got the scope out and discovered that it was a white morph Great Blue Heron. The bird ate several cray fish during the few minutes we observed. I suppose it has gotten tired of eating fish over at the river. On the way into Chattanooga, we stopped below the dam to see if the bird that has been seen there was still there. It was not... so, I assume that the bird had flown up to Thomas farm, although, it still could have been below the dam but out of sight on the back side of the rock pile. Two hours later, when we again passed Thomas farm, I didn't see the white morph. We hope it's not gone but, this area might be an alternate location to search if you don't have success below the dam. directions: from the river while on Hwy 153, cross over the dam and go into Hixson. Stay on Hwy 153 until you come to Hwy 27, turn right onto the on ramp (before going under bridge), In three-fourth a mile or less start looking on the left side of the road, water almosts divides the property at one point before you get to a small lake. The bird was seen in the water where it divides the property. Jimmy and Cynthia Wilkerson Hixson Hamilton Co. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Dickcissel, Baltimore Oriole, etc. (Greene Co., TN) From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion AT embarqmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:57:37 -0400 (EDT) June 21, 2009 Greene County: Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area unit at intersection of Highway 348, North Mohawk Road, and South Mohawk Road (LCBWMA-348/MR), and vicinity Observed today-- Prairie Warbler (singing male, LCBWMA-348/MR) Summer Tanager (singing male, LCBWMA-348/MR) Dickcissel (singing male, Sapp Road 0.2 mile from Concord Road; this is a new site for the species, but the spot is located only about a mile from the Joachime Bible Refuge where Dickcissels have nested for many years) Baltimore Oriole (2, LCBWMA-348/MR; one bird was either a 1st-year male or an adult female (the two can look similar, and I didn't have great looks, so I can't say for sure), while the other was either an adult female or an immature; I observed the former feeding the latter; given the time of year, the likelihood is that the bird being fed was an immature rather than an adult; I found no nest; this is the first time I have observed the species on any of the Lick Creek Bottoms properties; Baltimore Orioles are scarce in Greene County in summer) Don Miller Greeneville , Greene Co., TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: 12 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - Memphis From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:38:06 EDT June 20-21, 2009 Shelby Co. TN If you need Black-bellied Whistling Ducks for your Life or TN list, now is the time to look for them. For the past week they have been hanging out at TVA Lake during the day. The Fulvous evidently have moved on but our original group of 7 Black-bellied Ducks has grown to 12, with 10 at TVA Lake and a pair near Coro Lake. The pair in the swamp off of Shelby Drive look good to go for nesting. Also at TVA Lake, were 34 Least Terns because the Mississippi after falling over 20 feet decided to jump back up 5 feet and covered their sandbars. The two White-rumped Sandpipers are still present at the "Pits"and the molted Least Sandpiper has a new friend, probably a returning early breeder as the bird is in very bright adult alternate plumage. The single American Coot still looks lonely but I found Song Sparrows feeding two sets of young and had 3 different pairs of Bob White. On President's Island, the Scissor-tails are feeding at least 3 young while the hybrid female, just as last year, is raising at least 3 youngsters all by herself!! So far I've photographed 13 Western Kingbird nests in Memphis. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: nestling Black Vultures Hamblen From: "Jean Obrist" <innisfreehorses AT hughes.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:54:31 -0400 Hamblen County June 21, 2009 There are two nestling Black Vultures in Panther Creek State Park. They are in a wooded area, in a crevasse (about 2' wide by 4'deep) in rocks. They have wing feathers, but otherwise all fuzz. Three adults stayed close by. Jean obrist Bruner's Grove, Cocke Co, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Nesting Snowy Egret From: Jeannie Swant <jswant AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:55:41 +0000 Sat. June20th Observation at Little Elder Island on Woods Reservoir in Franklin Co. revealed a Snowy Egret setting on a nest. We had previously reported seeing a Snowy Egret gathering nesting material on the island a few weeks ago so were very excited to now see one on the nest. If you want to boat out for a view of the Egret, it is easy to spot on the North side slightly right of center on a small tree about midway down at the islands edge. There are many Cattle Egrets, Great Egrets, Great and Little Blue Herons, Green Herons, and Black-Crowned Night-Herons in all stages of maturity. It is well worth a visit! Also of interest seen on the island was a male Scaup, currently flightless due to molted primary feathers (~half length) and a Coot that still remains for several weeks. Jeannie and Dale Swant Manchester, TN 931-723-8678 _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Hamilton County Great White Heron From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:18:29 -0400 This morning I found the white morph Great Blue Heron that has been seen this week at Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga (Hamilton Co.). It was below the dam a short distance downstream from the restrooms at Riverpark. When I first arrived it was standing on the near bank a few yards from a couple of fishermen, but it quickly flew and landed on the railing of a large boat or barge (a floating structure) moored along the opposite bank. I watched it for maybe half an hour as it stood and then walked along the railing, eventually flying back to its original spot on the near bank. Quite a striking bird. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Bobolinks etc From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:57:06 -0400 21 Jun 2009 western Washington Co., TN Bobolink - 2 males, singing & displaying - Charlie Carson Rd. Dickcissel - 1 - Old S. R. 34 just west of Taylor Mill Rd. Savannah Sparrow - 6+ at 4 sites (+ Grasshopper Sparrows at all sites) Com. Raven - 1 - Frank Stanton Rd. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Fwd: Great White Heron From: RJHSHRIKE AT comcast.net Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:33:55 +0000 (UTC) ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: brdmann AT aol.com To: RJHSHRIKE AT comcast.net Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:43:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Fwd: Great White Heron John, Do you mind forwarding this to TN Birds? Thx. drj -----Original Message----- From: brdmann AT aol.com To: tnbird AT freelists.org Sent: Sat, Jun 20, 2009 3:41 pm Subject: Great White Heron The Great White Heron previously reported was still present at the west end of the new rip rap placed in mid-river below Chickamauga Dam, Hamilton County at 3:15 PM EDT today. Daniel Jacobson Hixson, (Hamilton County), Tennessee An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status? From: Daniel Moss <dmoss5 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:41:55 -0400 (EDT) Hey Bill, I just wanted to clarify a few things. Most of the the Bachman's sparrows on the TN side of Ft Campbell occur in Stewart county although we do get a few on the Montgomery county portion too. The preponderance of the Ft Campbell population occurs on the KY side of the base though (Trigg Co.). These birds prefer the native grass fields surrounding the large impact zone that have frequent prescribed burning management. Although we do have both harvested and unharvested Loblolly pine stands Jim Giocomo and I have not seen the Bachman's sparrows associated with these habitats on Ft Campbell. As you correctly mentioned these areas are restricted access. I did lead some bird trips around these areas back between 2000-2005 for both the Tennessee & Kentucky Ornithological Societies, but had to stop as military training increased and access became more restricted. I also wanted to mention we have a new University of Tennessee graduate student - Emily Hockman - working with Dr Buehler on a Bachman's sparrow project at Ft Campbell currently. They are collecting more detailed information on occupancy, density, vegetation requirements for territory selection, and habitat modeling. Daniel Moss Clarksville, TN -----Original Message----- >From: Bill Pulliam >Sent: Jun 19, 2009 6:39 PM >To: tn-bird Listserv >Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status? > >I've gotten several private responses to my ponderings. The gist of >it is this: > >Though people are certain the two populations centered in Wayne >County and White County still exist, these birds have not actually >been seen in several years. I'm not so certain their continued >presence in these areas can be taken for granted, given the >transitory nature of the habitat. Any given clearcut is only good >habitat for a very few years, and timber harvest practices are >constantly shifting. Hence, the Montgomery County birds on closed >portions of Fort Campbell appear to constitute the only population in >Tennessee that is actually known to be in existence at present. > >Bill Pulliam >Hohenwald TN >=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > >The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with >first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. >You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds >you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status? From: Bill Pulliam <bb551 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:39:16 -0500 I've gotten several private responses to my ponderings. The gist of it is this: Though people are certain the two populations centered in Wayne County and White County still exist, these birds have not actually been seen in several years. I'm not so certain their continued presence in these areas can be taken for granted, given the transitory nature of the habitat. Any given clearcut is only good habitat for a very few years, and timber harvest practices are constantly shifting. Hence, the Montgomery County birds on closed portions of Fort Campbell appear to constitute the only population in Tennessee that is actually known to be in existence at present. Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Mockingbird /Bluebird Foster From: "David Patterson" <dgpatterson AT netscape.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:22:22 -0400 Terri Sullivan, Paris, TN (Henry County) reports in a letter to Birds & Blooms, June 2009, a Northern Mockingbird brooding and feeding five young Eastern Bluebirds after the parent(s) disappeared. The Mocker continued to care for the young until they fledged. Are there any similar observations with Mockingbirds? David Patterson Chattanooga, Hamilton County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Seven Islands WR, Knox County, east Tenn From: "Trently, David J" <dtrently AT utk.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:38:42 -0400 On Wednesday evening, Mike nelson and I visited Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge in east Knox County. We were hoping to get recordings of Grasshopper Sparrows (we heard one before the entrance to the park) but as we arrived at the area where they are usually found, a series of thunderstorms arrived, keeping us in the barns for over an hour before we could get out. We had just heard a Grasshopper Sparrow before the wind and rain started, thus no recordings were made. I did want to report that there were FOUR American Kestrels there. Two adults and two immatures. Kestrels have nested on the property in the past. Another highlight was the number of Summer Tanagers - we heard at least three singing. At one point, a baby deer was heard crying to its parents. Luckily at least one adult was in attendance. David Trently Avian Pursuits Nature Tours ...come see the real world! Knoxville, TN http://avianpursuits.com/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Middle TN birds of late From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe AT tn.gov> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:13:27 -0500 Almost a belated report on a few birds, but wanted to report a couple finds over the last couple weeks around, mostly, middle Tennessee. 2 June - Long Hunter State Park (Davidson Co)- Common Nighthawk nest with 2 small chicks (2-3 days old) location was east of Couchville lake about 500m or so in a cedar glade surrounded by Tennessee coneflowers 3 June - Long Hunter State Park - 4 Cattle Egret flew over from same location as above 9 June - Bark Camp Barrens WMA (Coffee County)- 2 Cedar Waxwings flew over the Henslow's Sparrow fields. I had a pair that appeared to be on territory there last year, but never found a nest. Must be a pair or two there. 12 June - Hop-In Refuge, Obion Co, 1 singing Yellow Warbler 18 June - Bark Camp Barrens WMA - at least 2 Willow Flycatchers are still present in the mitigation on Hickerson Rd. I wasn't convinced there were only 2 in there today. I think there might be a third, but couldn't confirm it. -1 Cattle Egret flew over, not near the sod farm (which is half crops) -American Kestrels fledged some young as evident by 4 playful kestrels flying around. This is good since European Starlings now are attending to the few remaining cavities in dead pine trees Found a Green Heron nest on a holding pond and watched Barn Swallow fledglings at the same spot in Warren county late this morning. First of 3 shots start here: http://www.pbase.com/shoeman/image/113971187 18 June - I drove around the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sites in Rutherford County and found NONE between noon and 1pm! However, I did find a Loggerhead Shrike at the exact same place I saw adults with 6 young in May 2008. The location is also where we had 2 pairs of scissor-taileds last year. It is on Lytle Creek rd where Couch's Rd comes in (90 degree turn). The shrike was up Couch's Rd. In the area, I also photographed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds feeding adorable fledglings. First kingbird shot is here: http://www.pbase.com/shoeman/image/113971190 Cheers, Scott Somershoe State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 601-868-0101 (cell) 615-781-6654 (fax) "Keeping the rubber side down." -SGS =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Bachman's Sparrow current status? From: Bill Pulliam <bb551 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:40:16 -0500 Over the last few years I have spent a fair amount of time listening for Bachman's Sparrows in clearcuts in Lewis County as well as adjacent northern Wayne County and eastern Perry County, with 100% negative results so far. Today I explored some of the historical areas where the species occured in southern Wayne County in recent decades, including on the Breeding Bird Atlas. I have not seen any of the scorched-earth, slash-and-burn pine conversion habitat that Damien Simbek describes as the formerly occupied habitat; that practice seems to have fallen out of favor. In southern Wayne County I saw lots of very dense young pine stands that resulted from this sort of practice, but nothing recent nor remotely suitable for Bachman' Sparrows. Looking at recent reports from other locations, I find the last two reports on this mailing list were from 2007 in Montgomery County and 2005 in Wayne County. The 2005 Wayne County spot (Collinwood BBS route) has not yielded the species again, nor had it ever before. In eBird the most recent Tennessee reports are from 2004 in the Cumberland Plateau area. This leads me to ask: Are there any known active locations for Bachman's Sparrows in Tennessee? Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: May Town Center/Bells Bend update -correction From: A Potter <apotter597 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:30:26 -0700 (PDT) sorry, the charlotte park meeting is 6/23 not tonight.  thanks for any help you can give.   amy NTOS Nashville, Davidson County --- On Thu, 6/18/09, apotter597 AT yahoo.com wrote: From: apotter597 AT yahoo.com Subject: [TN-Bird] May Town Center/Bells Bend update To: TN-Bird AT freelists.org, "adelle wood" Cc: baraba.d.johnson AT vanderbilt.edu Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:01 AM Here in Nashville the fight to stop the May Town Center Development from going ahead in Bells' Bend is continuing.   The next metro planning commission meetig is June 25 - please see www.bellsbend.org for details. You can also donate to the effort through the web site (to pay for legal fees, the studies they have done etc.)   It would be especially helpful if anyone from out of town could contact the planning comission (easy to do via email, see website above for details) so that they will understand it is not just nashville area that will be affected.   Also, longtime NTOS member Dee Thompson asked me to let people know that her neighborhood, Charlotte Park, is having their own community meeting tonight as they would be impacted by proposed bridges.   Info is at http://www.thecharlotteparker.com/.   Finally, it turns out that one of the proposed routes for a road to a bridge goes THROUGH Bells Bend Park.  If you would like to see the map email me off list and I will send it to you (APotter597 AT yahoo.com).   Any and all help is appreciated.   Amy Potter NTOS Nashville, Davidson county       =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: May Town Center/Bells Bend update From: apotter597 AT yahoo.com Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:01:19 -0700 (PDT) Here in Nashville the fight to stop the May Town Center Development from going ahead in Bells' Bend is continuing.   The next metro planning commission meetig is June 25 - please see www.bellsbend.org for details. You can also donate to the effort through the web site (to pay for legal fees, the studies they have done etc.)   It would be especially helpful if anyone from out of town could contact the planning comission (easy to do via email, see website above for details) so that they will understand it is not just nashville area that will be affected.   Also, longtime NTOS member Dee Thompson asked me to let people know that her neighborhood, Charlotte Park, is having their own community meeting tonight as they would be impacted by proposed bridges.   Info is at http://www.thecharlotteparker.com/.   Finally, it turns out that one of the proposed routes for a road to a bridge goes THROUGH Bells Bend Park.  If you would like to see the map email me off list and I will send it to you (APotter597 AT yahoo.com).   Any and all help is appreciated.   Amy Potter NTOS Nashville, Davidson county =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: B-b and Fulvous Whistling Ducks Together - Memphis From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:32:43 EDT June 17, 2009 TVA Lake, Shelby Co. TN Robert Gooch called me today to say the pair of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks have again been using the marsh north of Coro lake for the past two days. I rode down and photographed them at noon and decided to go over to Ensley for a quick check. At TVA Lake, I got a big surprise, 5 Black-bellied plus 4 Fulvous Whistling Ducks resting together on the far silt flat. I got photos of both species together. Tommie and Ron Rogers were passing through and I directed them to TVA Lake and they found the 5 Black-bellied but had SIX Fulvous. What if they both breed here this year?? Also at the "Pits" were 3 White-rumped Sandpipers and I again saw the single male Spotted Sandpiper...... Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Virginia Rail in Nashville still present From: JanKShaw AT aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:41:52 EDT The Virginia Rail in Nashville is still being seen regularly. Several birders have been by to see it but have not posted to the list. Below is my original post. 6-13-09 There is a very cooperative Virginia Rail being seen in a non-birder's backyard in Nashville. Amy Martin first saw the bird about a week ago coming to her beautiful fish pond habitat and later identified it. I went over to check it out and was surprised to indeed find a Virginia Rail in the heart of the city, right near Vanderbilt. It has a drooping left wing so may not be able to fly. But it seems content to forage and bathe at this time. Amy is a delightful person and welcomes birders to come see it, though only when she is at home from 6:20-8:00 AM and 6:20-8:00 PM, which happens to be when the bird is most active anyway. Please do not come any earlier than that. Amy would also appreciate it if you would call before you come. If you're planning to arrive in the morning, please call her the day before. Her home number is 615-383-5961 and work is 615-321-4600. Her address is 2134 Acklen Ave., Nashville 37212 which runs west off of 21st Ave. just south of Wedgewood and Vanderbilt. It's a big, green wooden house. Walk down the driveway and open the gate to the backyard. There is a lock on the gate but it's not really locked. Just pull up the metal pole and push the gate open. Please be sure to close the gate after you get in and after you leave. She has two friendly dogs that she doesn't want to let out to the street. If the dogs try to follow you to the pond, just shoo them away. The pond is located at the back left corner of the backyard. There are three chairs set up for viewing on the near side. You might want to bring a stool if there are more people. The rail walks back and forth on the far side of the pond (just 10-20 feet away) in and out of the vegetation and in the open on the ledge of the pond. It even bathed in the open when I was there! If you stay still it can be quite confiding. It's an excellent chance for photos. Please refrain from using tapes to call it out. Besides being absolutely not necessary, Amy has asked that we don't. Just be patient and it will eventually start walking around (usually 3-5 times/hour). It's a beautiful bird, and to be able to see it this well instead of the usual quick glances at a skulking bird, is a real treat. Jan Shaw Nashville, TN **************Dell Days of Deals! June 15-24 - A New Deal Everyday! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222865043x1201494942/aol?redir=http:%2F%2F ad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215692145%3B38015538%3Bh) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Savannah Sparrows in Cumberland County From: "LeGrand Family" <elegrand AT frontiernet.net> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:07:07 -0500 This morning and yesterday morning I checked on a small "colony" of Savannah Sparrows at Shadow Mt. Estates in southern Cumberland County. I came up with two pairs of Savannah Sparrows along with 3 other singing birds this morning. The birds in the pairs sang only rarely. I estimated 12-13 Grasshopper Sparrows there also, along with about 20 meadowlarks. Other birds of note were a bobwhite calling each morning, a foraging Horned Lark yesterday, a pair of kestrels, and a Red-headed Woodpecker (rather common this year in Cumberland County). This is part of the same large grassy area where the Short-eared Owls were seen all winter. The entrance to Shadow Mountain Estates is off Dunbar Road about 0.8 miles south of the intersection with Hillendale Rd. There is only one unfinished house in the development so far. In the meantime the sparrows are making use of the lot markers for perches. The Savannah and Grasshopper Sparrows don't seem to mind each other's presence, since I've seen them perched or feeding only a few feet apart several times. Ed LeGrand Cumberland County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatchers From: RJHSHRIKE AT comcast.net Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Tommie Rogers asked me to post an update on the STFL at South Pittsburg.  As of today she and Ron located a pair but no nest yet.  Same location, Beene Stadium, in South Pittsburg. John Henderson Chattanooga =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Dickcissels, goatsuckers, Nashville area, 6-17-09 From: david kirschke <dkirschke AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:06:06 -0700 (PDT) I found at least 2 Dickcissels on Swinging Bridge Rd near Old Hickory Dam.  No luck with Bobolink.  Then my daughter and I went listening for Chuck-will's-widows at Long Hunter State Park (Barnett Rd) were Scott Somershoe had reported them and were surprised to hear a whip-poor-will (1 or 2).  I started to wonder if my ears were tricking me or Scott had made a clerical error when several chuck-will's-widows began calling (3-4).  We saw one fly but could not identify which species.  Driving between the 2 locations we heard and saw a couple nighthawks, making for a nice sweep of [expected] goatsuckers.  Thanks to Scott for the tip.  =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Johnson County birds From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey AT tricon.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:15:54 -0400 From: Merrill Lynch Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:55 PM To: Wallace Coffey Cc: Gabrielle Call Subject: Johnson County birds Wallace, Please forward this to the Tennessee birds listserve. Gabby and I birded the Roan Creek valley south of Mountain City along TN 167 on Saturday, June 13. Had a singing Savannah Sparrow along the highway at the community of Neva (literally at the sign that says Neva). Also a Willow Flycatcher near the Johnson County Airport a few miles north of Neva. Further south on TN 167 along Roan Creek, where the valley narrows, I had at least four singing Yellow-throated Warblers in sycamores along the stream. I assume these are the race albilora that breeds mainly west of the Appalachians. Hope you are doing well. Merrill Lynch Watauga County, NC =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Common Raven, Dickcissel, etc. (Greene Co., TN) From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion AT embarqmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:33:20 -0400 (EDT) June 14, 2009 [posting date: June 15, 2009] Greene Co., TN Observers: Don Holt and Don Miller in morning; Miller alone later Northern Bobwhite (5) Cooper's Hawk Yellow-billed Cuckoo (10) Red-headed Woodpecker (Hartman's Chapel Rd. 0.1 mile from Old Midway Rd.) Common Raven (at least 2, Vulcan Materials Company quarry on Hwy. 70 approximately 1 mile north of Hwy. 11-E; nesting is likely) Summer Tanager (3) Grasshopper Sparrow (11) Dickcissel (2 singing males, St. James Rd. 0.3 mile south of Gregg Mill Rd.; a new site for the county) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Birding at the SAHC Roan Mountain Weekend From: Robert Biller <earedgrebe AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:55 -0400 This past weekend, the Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy had its annual "Roan Romp" weekend with hikes on Roan Mountain and the meeting in Crossnore, NC. I participated on the Overmountain Victory Trail hike on Saturday and the walk through the Rhododendron Gardens at the top of the mountain on Sunday. The Hike Saturday (June 13) started in North Carolina ( AT Roaring Creek) and quickly came in to Tennessee crossing the Appalachian Trail and followed the Overmountain Victory Trail to Hampton Creek Cove (Carter County - near Roan Mountain). Birds seen or heard were: Turkey Vulture Broad-winged Hawk Rock Pigeon (drive to Roaring Creek) Mourning Dove Barred Owl (calling during the day on the Tennessee Side) Chimney Swift Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Tufted Titmouse House Wren Eastern Bluebird Veery American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Golden-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Common Grackle American Goldfinch Sunday (June 14 - Rhodendron Gardens, Roan High Bluff Trail Overlook, Appalachian Trail from Carver's Gap to Engine Gap) - Flame Azalea almost at peak bloom. Probably will be Tues/Wed/Thurs this week). Sharp-shinned Hawk (Carver's Gap - TN) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Engine Gap - NC) Alder Flycatcher (Carver's Gap - TN) Blue-headed Vireo (Rhodedron Gardens - NC) Blue-Jay (TN) American Crow (TN) Common Raven (Roan High Bluff - NC) Tree Swallow (Round Bald - TN) Barn Swallow (Round Bald - NC) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Roan High Bluff - NC, Carver's Gap - TN) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Rhodendron Gardens - NC, Carver's Gap - TN) Veery (Rhodendron Gardens - NC) Hermit Thrush (Round Bald - TN) singing - in the Spruce/Fir along App. Trail. Gray Catbird (Carver's Gap - TN) Brown Thrasher (Round Bald - TN) Cedar Waxwing (Round Bald - from TN to NC) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Carver's Gap - TN) Eastern Towhee (Round Bald - TN) Vesper Sparrow (Round Bald - TN) - at least 2, watched one singing Dark-eyed Junco (TN,NC) Pine Siskin (Carver's Gap - TN) Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Rankin Bottoms Sunday 6/14/09 From: Robert Gofreed <rgofreed AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:34:50 -0700 (PDT) Made my first trip out to Rankin Bottoms in Cocke County this weekend... didn't even look for shore birds because I was getting too many good looks at the Prothonotary Warblers to walk away.  Highlights were: Prothonotary Warblers - 3 Carolina Wren - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 Indigo Buntings - 5 Rob GofreedWest Knoxville =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Great Egret Nests - Hamblen County From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:23:54 -0400 Bird Island, Cherokee Lake, Hamblen County, 6/14/09, 5:30-8:00 PM, by canoe We drove over to Morristown and put in at the Kidwell Access on Kidwell Ridge Rd., then motored north 1 mile to Bird Island. The water was choppy as we went around the island and got a rough count of birds & nests on the perimeter. Double-crested cormorants were conspicuous on the outside trees, great blue heron nests were somewhat deeper in the canopy, black-crowned night heron nests lower & less obvious. and we could only get glimpses of what looked to be great egret nests deeper in the island grove. The water calmed and we spent about an hour trying to get decent looks, and managed to get a few images of great egret nestlings, and a nest structure - three photos of different nests start at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/113815453/large Partial list o:f individuals and occupied nests: Double-crested cormorant (500+, 100+ nests) Great blue heron (160, 50 nests) Great egret (12 adults, 10 nestlings, 5 nests) Black-crowned night-heron (65, 12 nests) Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: American Kestral and Barn Swallow interaction From: "fekel" <fekel AT evans.tsuniv.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:23:34 -0500 River Plantation Subdivision Davidson Co. Bellevue, TN Sunday, 2009 June 14 Over the weekend I enjoyed early morning birding in front of my home in the River Plantation Subdivision of Bellevue on the SW side of Nashville. The past several days I've seen a pair of WHITE-EYED VIREOs moving about in the dense trees next to the Harpeth River, and the male has been calling extensively, rivaling the male INDIGO BUNTING in his output of song. As I was preparing to give up my watch and have some breakfast, a modest sized bird flew in and landed on a bare limb. In binoculars it turned into an AMERICAN KESTRAL, a bird I'd not seen in our subdivision for some months. More interesting was the kestral's entourage. I watched in amazement as several BARN SWALLOWS swooped down on the perched kestral to disturb it. After perhaps 30 seconds, the kestral decided it had had enough and flew away with 5 BARN SWALLOWs chasing after it. I'd never seen this particular pecking order before. Frank Fekel Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Beaman Park, Davidson Co, TN From: "susan hollyday" <shollyday AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:08:22 -0500 Linda Kelly and I birded Beaman Park,Davidson Co, the Henry Creek trail, from 7-10 Sunday morning. Pleasantly cool in the woods. Highlights included: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Many Eastern Wood-Pewee Many Acadian Flycatchers Eastern Phoebe, nest on cliff above stream Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Singing Wood Thrushes Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Worm-eating Warbler, several singing and being unusually visible Ovenbird-several Louisiana Waterthrush, probably 2 several Kentucky Warblers Summer and Scarlet Tanagers Susan Hollyday Nashville TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Scissor-tailed Flyc. & Great White Heron From: RJHSHRIKE AT comcast.net Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:26:07 +0000 (UTC) On Saturday afternoon Dan Jacobson and I stopped in South Pittsburgh, TN to checked on any returning Scissor-tails for this year.  We were able to locate an adult male at Beene Stadium (north goalpost) and watch him flycatch for 5-10 minutes.  We could not locate a nest and we did not see any other STFLs. Later on that afternoon Daniel located a Great Blue Heron (white morph adult) below Chickamauga Dam in the vicinty of the railroad bridge.  To our knowledge this is the first record of a "Great White Heron" for Hamilton County.  The bird was still present this morning. John Henderson Chattanooga   =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Virginia Rail in Nashville, Davidson Co. From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:58:08 -0500 If anyone goes to see this bird today, please post an update. Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://csloan.smugmug.com On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM, wrote: > 6-13-09 > > There is a very cooperative Virginia Rail being seen in a non-birder's > backyard in Nashville. Amy Martin first saw the bird about a week ago > coming > to her beautiful fish pond habitat and later identified it. I went over > to > check it out and was surprised to indeed find a Virginia Rail in the heart > of the city, right near Vanderbilt. It has a drooping left wing so may > not be able to fly. But it seems content to forage and bathe at this > time. > > Amy is a delightful person and welcomes birders to come see it, though > only when she is at home from 6:20-8:00 AM and 6:20-8:00 PM, which happens > to > be when the bird is most active anyway. Please do not come any earlier > than > that. Amy would also appreciate it if you would call before you come. If > you're planning to arrive in the morning, please call her the day before. > Her home number is 615-383-5961 and work is 615-321-4600. Her address is > 2134 Acklen Ave., Nashville 37212 which runs west off of 21st Ave. just > south of Wedgewood and Vanderbilt. It's a big, green wooden house. Walk > down > the driveway and open the gate to the backyard. There is a lock on the > gate but it's not really locked. Just pull up the metal pole and push the > gate open. Please be sure to close the gate after you get in and after > you > leave. She has two friendly dogs that she doesn't want to let out to the > street. If the dogs try to follow you to the pond, just shoo them away. > The pond is located at the back left corner of the backyard. There are > three > chairs set up for viewing on the near side. You might want to bring a > stool if there are more people. The rail walks back and forth on the far > side > of the pond (just 10-20 feet away) in and out of the vegetation and in the > open on the ledge of the pond. It even bathed in the open when I was > there! If you stay still it can be quite confiding. It's an excellent > chance > for photos. Please refrain from using tapes to call it out. Besides > being absolutely not necessary, Amy has asked that we don't. Just be > patient > and it will eventually start walking around (usually 3-5 times/hour). > > It's a beautiful bird, and to be able to see it this well instead of the > usual quick glances at a skulking bird, is a real treat. > > Jan Shaw > Nashville, TN > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377049x1201454365/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= > JunestepsfooterNO62 > ) > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Shorebirds and Tyrannus Clans - Memphis From: OLCOOT1 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:50:17 EDT June 13, 2009 Shelby Co. TN Not much happening at the "Pits" other than the large number of nesting Black-necked Stilts and Killdeer plus nesting ducks but no sign of the Whistling Ducks. A single Least Sandpiper and a male Spotted Sandpiper, the latter acting suspiciously like it is tending a nest. Western and Eastern Kingbirds are nesting everywhere with most now feeding young. Yesterday's total of 15 nests photographed included 8 Western Kingbird, 3 Eastern, 1 Scissor-tail pair (feeding young) and hybrid females at 3 nests. Mockingbirds have driven Westerns away from 3 locations where they were attempting to build. I saw one group of Western Kingbirds in a territorial dispute with 7 birds in a rolling dog fight, the most I could get in one photo was 6 birds in a tight group but it was a sight to behold. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher From: <birchh AT bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:11:56 -0400 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers found to be nesting again north of Pikeville, TN. After a Chattanooga TOS Field Trip to Hinch Mountain we dropped down to Sequatchie Valley to look for the Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. On Nine Mile Road (about 9 miles north of Pikeville) we found a pair at their usual nest site on a Power pole transformer. The nest is about 2 miles west of East Valley Road (about 300 yards prior to the next north south road). The pole has 3 transformers on it and the nest is directly on top of the north transformer. The pair flew back and forth bringing food and taking away fecal sacs for the two young that were visible from the East Side of the Pole. Harold Birch Soddy Daisy, TN Birds Seen in Bledsoe County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Fw: NC Birding Trail guide --mts From: jameswbrooks AT comcast.net Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:56:47 +0000 (UTC) It was also printed in Communist China and released about the time of the 20th anniversary of the Tienneman Square massacre, an interesting statement by a University Press. James Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wallace Coffey" To: "TN-birds" , "Bristol-birds" Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:29:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [TN-Bird] Fw: NC Birding Trail guide --mts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Legrand, Harry" To: "Scott Jackson-Ricketts" Cc: "carolinabirds" Sent: June 11, 2009 09:51 Subject: RE: NC Birding Trail guide --mts OK -- I'll explain, but only briefly. Roan Mountain (Carvers Gap/Roan High Bluff) has been omitted; instead, only the Yellow Mountain Gap area is included (p. 57), even though the heading for the collection of sites is "Roan Mountain Group". And, Clingman's Dome and the C.D. road are omitted, and Newfound Gap is briefly mentioned under Oconaluftee Visitor Center, which does mention some spruce-fir birds. As there is a site for the Heintooga Spur Road in GSMNP, that is a good alternative to the dome and the roads on the state line. These absences are not about "participation". There is a reason they are missing, but I can't figure out why. Harry LeGrand NC Natural Heritage Program DENR Division of Natural Resources Planning and Conservation 1601 MSC Raleigh, NC  27699-1601 (919) 715-8697 (work) e-mail: harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov ----------------------------------------------------- Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________________ From: Scott Jackson-Ricketts [scottjr AT ls.net] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:27 PM To: Legrand, Harry Cc: carolinabirds Subject: Re: NC Birding Trail guide --mts I have not seen this yet, so can just imagine.  Is it not about participation?  Please share your thoughts. Scott Jackson-Ricketts Grayson County, Va. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Legrand, Harry wrote: > I got my copy of the N.C. Birding Trail -- mountains today. > > I'd rather some of you mountain birders review and comment on several > obvious omissions from the book, including one or two of the key birding > sites in the state.  I'm left scratching my head. > > Harry LeGrand > Raleigh > > > Harry LeGrand > NC Natural Heritage Program > DENR Division of Natural Resources Planning and Conservation > 1601 MSC > Raleigh, NC  27699-1601 > (919) 715-8697 (work) > e-mail: harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to > the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to > third parties. > > Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Virginia Rail in Nashville, Davidson Co. From: JanKShaw AT aol.com Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:49:34 EDT 6-13-09 There is a very cooperative Virginia Rail being seen in a non-birder's backyard in Nashville. Amy Martin first saw the bird about a week ago coming to her beautiful fish pond habitat and later identified it. I went over to check it out and was surprised to indeed find a Virginia Rail in the heart of the city, right near Vanderbilt. It has a drooping left wing so may not be able to fly. But it seems content to forage and bathe at this time. Amy is a delightful person and welcomes birders to come see it, though only when she is at home from 6:20-8:00 AM and 6:20-8:00 PM, which happens to be when the bird is most active anyway. Please do not come any earlier than that. Amy would also appreciate it if you would call before you come. If you're planning to arrive in the morning, please call her the day before. Her home number is 615-383-5961 and work is 615-321-4600. Her address is 2134 Acklen Ave., Nashville 37212 which runs west off of 21st Ave. just south of Wedgewood and Vanderbilt. It's a big, green wooden house. Walk down the driveway and open the gate to the backyard. There is a lock on the gate but it's not really locked. Just pull up the metal pole and push the gate open. Please be sure to close the gate after you get in and after you leave. She has two friendly dogs that she doesn't want to let out to the street. If the dogs try to follow you to the pond, just shoo them away. The pond is located at the back left corner of the backyard. There are three chairs set up for viewing on the near side. You might want to bring a stool if there are more people. The rail walks back and forth on the far side of the pond (just 10-20 feet away) in and out of the vegetation and in the open on the ledge of the pond. It even bathed in the open when I was there! If you stay still it can be quite confiding. It's an excellent chance for photos. Please refrain from using tapes to call it out. Besides being absolutely not necessary, Amy has asked that we don't. Just be patient and it will eventually start walking around (usually 3-5 times/hour). It's a beautiful bird, and to be able to see it this well instead of the usual quick glances at a skulking bird, is a real treat. Jan Shaw Nashville, TN **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377049x1201454365/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JunestepsfooterNO62) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Scissor-tailed flycatcher (TN) and Michigan trip photos From: david kirschke <dkirschke AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:29:25 -0700 (PDT) After spending 2 weeks in May searching in vain for a Connecticut warbler (I figure I walked past at least 6 that were reported by others), I decided to go check out the Scissor-tailed flycatchers that Terry Witt had reported previously in Rutherford Co, TN as a consolation prize.  Two birds were present on Wilson-Overall Road, one of which cooperated for pictures.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/3622358984/ I also got the chance to spend 2 1/2 days in Michigan birding with my parents, who are from there and lived in Mio at one point.  We had the pleasure of running into David Trently and a group of other east TN birders on our first Kirtland's warbler tour out of Grayling on 6-4-09 and Chuck and Lola Estes a couple days later.  A few photos from the trip are also on the flickr site at the above address.  David Kirschke Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Yellow-crowned Night Heron From: "Tommie Rogers" <Bananaquit1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:39:28 -0400 Today a Yellow-crowned Night Heron was feeding in a ditch beside the Uptain building in Brainerd of Chattanooga. Earlier I saw an immature Bald Eagle at Racoon Mtn. pump storage flying around the lake. Tommie Rogers Marion county =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird AT freelists.org. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request AT freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace AT bristolbirdclub.org ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ Subject: Now a Catbird fledgling in the Yard From: "Candice & Kevin" <ethden AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:32:11 -0500 12 June 2009 As I wrote in a post I made two days ago, I've suspected a nesting pair of Gray Catbirds in my yard in a suburban area of Nashville as I have been observing a lot of Catbird activity over the past few weeks. Just now, in the gravel driveway outside my kitchen window, was a fledgling Catbird being fed by an adult Catbird. I've been here 22 years and this is a first. Kevin Bowden Nashville-Davidson County, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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