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["kestrel" <kestrel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Kirtlands was seen during fall migration, I believe in 1999, on top of
the hill just southeast of Mahogany Rock Overlook, MP235, Blue Ridge
Parkway.  This is near Sparta, NC and just South of the intersection with
Highway 21.  I didn't see it personally.  I searched the day after and did
not have any luck.

Harrol Blevins
Independence, VA
kestrel@xxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "TH Cumbie" <thcumbie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Kirtland's Warbler


>
> Greetings,
>
> I am not sure of the date of this particular Carolina Bird Club state
> meeting, at least three or four years ago, but seemingly,  a Kirtlands was
> heard, seen and identified just off the Blue Ridge Parkway by the some of
> the members.  This was somewhere near the Boone, NC area, I believe.
Much
> to my chagrin and to the teasing of some of the birders from Georgia who
did
> attend,  I was not at the meeting for I was in Georgia.
>
> So if this is a flyway, a Kirtlands might be seen in this vicinity again?
>
> Tess Cumbie
> Mitchell County, NC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Peake <rpeake1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:57 AM
> Subject: [bristol-birds] Kirtland's Warbler
>
>
> >
> > Dear Bristol Bird Club Network Birders,
> >    I did not realize that I was going to stir up so much controversy,
> > although I expected to stir up some interest.  I'll try to take up some
of
> > the issues raised.
> >    1. I did not hear or see a Kirtland's Warbler this morning.  After an
> > hour of searching I did play a tape again, but as usual there was no
> > response.  I have never experienced a Kirtland's answering a tape, even
> its
> > own.  The first one I found was in conditions such as James Brooks has
> > described, right after a thunderstorm, and it was actively feeding and
in
> > the open. Little did I realize then how lucky I was.  I call Wallace
> Coffey
> > and other area birders, some of whom came the next day.  We searched to
no
> > avail.  The next day I tried again and managed to record the bird's
song.
> > When I played the tape back, the bird shut up and I never found it
again.
> > The taped call was submitted to the VSO records committee and became the
> > first accepted spring record of the species in Virginia. I have found
the
> > species in the same general area in subsequent years (always identifying
> it
> > first by song) but have never had one respond to a taped call.
> >    2. I respect Marion Finucane's concerns.  I birded with her father
and
> > consider his concerns about playing taped calls very seriously.  I
vividly
> > remember the effect of unwise taping on Mt. Rogers.  Some birders who
> shall
> > remain nameless taped Yellow-bellied Flycatchers incessantly despite the
> > remonstrances of me and Phil Shelton. Apparently they drove the species
> off
> > the summit. We have had difficulty finding this species again, although
we
> > have had some success recently.
> > Generally speaking, then, I don't approve of playing taped calls to
> nesting
> > birds.
> >    3. I believe that we in our area are right in the migration path of
the
> > Kirtland's Warbler.
> > I found one in Athens, Georgia, one spring; and when I was at Clemson,
> > Gaston Gage, a very good birder, told me of seeing the species several
> times
> > in fall migration. I believe one was seen in the fall in Grundy this
past
> > year (am I correct?).  Everyone in our area should be on the lookout for
> > this species during both spring and fall.
> > Dick Peake
> >
> >
> >
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