FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Barn Owl - Washington County, TN + Brief SC report

[MerlinZ02@xxxxxxx]

Hello Bristol Area Birders -
 
I have a second job in the evenings working in the Long Distance Education  
Department at ETSU (Johnson City, TN  - Washington County).  I am the  on site 
technician at the Innovation Center located off campus in the old marine  
center that is tucked in behind where they were protesting to save the Beech  
Trees (just off the corner of State of Franklin and Market Streets). At 10  PM 
EST, I had just locked and set the alarm on the building and was talking  to 
the 
head technician by my car when a BARN OWL squawked over our heads.   My friend 
said, "That just went over my head didn't it" with total confusion on  his 
face.  I was like, "yep it was a BARN OWL."  I explained how  they had taken up 
permanent residence over at the VA Center and how I hadn't  seen them in a 
number of years.  I am not positive that this one was one of  those but it is a 
good possibility as the likely source.  I would estimate  that it is roughly 
one-half mile, as the BARN OWL flies, to their location at  the VA.  I called  
Don Holt shortly after this occurred and conferred  with him that it wasn't the 
normal screech you hear in the  bird media, but more of a squawk as it was 
flying  overhead.  
 
This was another nice year bird for me that has grown considerably  over the 
past few weeks as have my life bird list.  I recently went to  the Folly Beach 
(Charleston), Huntington Beach, Myrtle Beach area (March  5, 6, and 7) with 
Tom and J.T. McNeil where I picked up 5 life  birds.  The Razorbill was still 
present at Huntington Beach,  SC  along with Purple Sandpipers and Glaucous 
Gull.  A  three Scoter raft (White-winged, Black, and Surf) was just off shore 
at 
the 2nd  Ave (NORTH) Pier.  White-winged and Black Scoters were life  birds 
as well.  We  had a total of 111 species of birds that  weekend.
 
If this is a sign of things to come as winter winds down - this  spring 
should be spectacular!
 
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN 

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