Tennessee (Statewide) RBA
February 4, 2002
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:18:11 -0600
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From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@home.com>
Subject: TN Bird Report 1 (February 4, 2002)
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Hello, this is Chris Sloan and the BirdLine, sponsored by The Wood
Thrush Shop and the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological
Society. Bird Report 1, February 4, 9:00 P.M. You may press # at any
time to leave a message, or, to email your reports to me, or to receive
this report by email, email me at chris.sloan@home.com. For all your
wild bird supplies, call the Wood Thrush Shop at (615) 356-7640. A
complete transcript of this report, complete with hyperlinks to maps and
email addresses, is available through the TOS website at
www.tnbirds.org.
Highlights include:
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
ROSS' GOOSE
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
HARRIS' SPARROWS
BROAN-HEADED NUTHATCH
PRAIRIE FALCON
On the evening of January 27th, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was heard
calling along Divide Road in Pickett County in the Big South Fork
National River and Recreation Area (Steve Stedman).
A ROSS' GOOSE was present at the lake in Shelby Park in Nashville on
February 3rd (Phillip Casteel), and it was still present as of the 4th
(m.ob.).
The two HARRIS' SPARROWS present in the Blythe Ferry area of Hiwassee
since January 5th were still present as of February 3rd (David Trently).
Heading down the road to the ferry landing, the birds are being seen
with immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in a brush pile on the left side of
the road (beside a small pond) about a quarter of a mile down the road
past the turn off to go to the crane viewing area at Blythe Ferry
(directions from Kevin Calhoon).
An adult female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD trapped in Loudoun on February 2nd
turned out to have been already banded. The bird had originally been
banded as an immature on January 17, 2001 in Gainesville, Georgia (Chris
Sloan).
Also on the 2nd, a BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen and photographed at
its usual haunt in a small stand of Virginia Pines at the Fishing and
Recreation Area of the Kingston Steam Plant. A PINE WARBLER was also
singing in the area (Chris Sloan).
The PRAIRIE FALCON, aka the Ghost of West Tennessee, was observed on
Phillipy Road about a half mile east of Highway 78 in Lake County on
January 21st (John Henderson). This is the only report of this bird
since it was recorded on State Line Road during the Reelfoot CBC on
December 15th (Chris Sloan).
This weekend, February 8-10, is the annual TOS winter meeting. Details
are available on the TOS website at www.tnbirds.org The next NTOS field
trip will be February 16th to Kentucky Dams, leaving from the Cumberland
Museum lower parking lot at 7:00 AM. The next meeting will be February
21st at 7:00 PM at Radnor Lake State Natural Area featuring a program by
David Vogt on fall banding in Cherokee National Forest.
Believe it or not, the first spring birds will be arriving in only a few
short weeks. Get out and see what you can see. Thanks for calling, and
good birding.
Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@home.com
Nashville, TN