FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Re: Herndon Banquet birding

["Larry McDaniel" <lmcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don meant Rick Knight instead of Larry McDaniel birded
Saturday mornoing.

> Here are highlights of the weekend:
>      Saturday morning, March 27, 2004, Chris Sloan, Larry
> McDaniel and Don  Holt birded on Roan Mtn., Carter Co., TN
> and at Musick's Campground on South  Holston Lake,
> Sullivan Co., TN.  Knight posted the findings at the lake 
> yesterday.  On the mtn. we had the good fortune to see a
> SAW-WHET OWL on the NC side of  Carver's Gap looking out
> of a nest-box.  Sloan had already seen one nearby in  the
> spruce-fir forest being mobbed.  Later while watching the
> bird in the  box, we heard a call note from another
> Saw-whet in the distance.  I've been told  that since they
> don't usually roost in boxes, there is a good chance they
> are  on the nest.  Other spp. seen or heard that morning
> included Wild Turkey,  Brown Creeper (singing),
> Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren (singing), 
> Golden-crowned Kinglet, Red Crossbill, & Pine Siskin.
>      Saturday evening, after the Herndon TOS Spring
> Banquet (at which Sloan  presented a delightful and
> informative program on winter hummingbirds), around  9 pm
> Sloan and Holt returned to Carver's Gap to look for
> Saw-whets again.  We  heard an owl calling on the TN side
> of the gap, hiked up the trail toward it,  then briefly
> returned its call.  In a short while we had very close
> looks at a  very curious owl, within less than twenty
> feet.  There may have been a second  bird heard nearby.
>      Sunday morning, March 28, Sloan, Holt, and Larry
> McDaniel met at Carvers  Gap and birded our way down the
> mtn..  Some interesting spp. added to the  weekend's list
> included White-breasted Nuthatch, Common Raven and singing
> Fox  Sparrows at Carver's Gap, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO at
> Hummingbird Hill.
>      We continued to Flatwoods Road on Holston Mtn. in
> Carter and Sullivan  Counties in search of Ruffed Grouse. 
> The Blue-headed Vireos were heard all over  the mtn.  A
> couple of BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS were also heard.  Good
> views  of Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, and
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker were  enjoyed.  No Ruffed Grouse
> were found, but the search for one led to the surprise 
> discovery of a BLACK BEAR, perhaps recently roused from
> hibernation.  The  bear exhibited behavior typical of the
> species in this area, by immediately  vacating the
> premises as soon as humans had intruded.   
> Don Holt
> Johnson City, TN
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Larry McDaniel
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