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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Glen Eller
To: Wallace Coffey
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: [Bristol-Birds] Late Common Loon at Hidden Valley Lake


> Wallace,
>
> Allen Boynton found a breeding plumaged Common Loon on Rural Retreat
> Lake on June 25, 2002.  The bird was also seen by myself and the VSO
> foray group during its Mt. Rogers foray as a side trip on Sat June 29
> 2002.  It was listed in the VSO newsletter as well.
>
> Glen Eller
> Galax, VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wallace Coffey
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:22 PM
> To: Bristol-birds
> Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Late Common Loon at Hidden Valley Lake
>
>
> A Common Loon in mostly basic plummage was observed today (5/23) on Hidden
> Valley Lake near the top of Brumley Mountain west of Abingdon in
Washington
> Co., Va.
> This bird is within a couple of days of the last average date for the
> species to linger in Virginia before heading north.  It was found by Ron
> Harrington and Wallace Coffey.
>
> It is possibly later than the latest published spring date for Southwest
> Virginia.  If anyone knows of anything later, please let us know.
>
> It is possible to see a Common Loon every month of the year on Tennessee
> Valley Authority mountain lakes in Northeast Tennessee.  It is usually
gone
> from the region by late April to the end of May.  We have about a dozen
> summer records of Common Loons in Northeast Tennessee.
>
> Let's go birding.....
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
>
>
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