FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Re: Bobolink at Conklin, TN

[Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>]

Jack,

Could you provide a few more details (such as location) on the Bobolink in
Conklin, Washington County, TN?

On May 10, 2000, I observed a singing male Bobolink at the intersection of
Corby Bridge Road and Berryhill Road in Washington County.  I assumed it to be
a transient, but perhaps my observation was part of the three-year phenomenon
you mention.

Any further info would be appreciated.

Don Miller,
Greeneville, TN

Jack Litz wrote:

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> BOBOLINK
> I went birding this morning with Dr. Alsop of ETSU in the Conklin =
> Community of Washington County, TN.  This is beautiful flat agricultural =
> land near the Nolichucky River with hayfields and row crops.  We listed =
> quite a number of birds in a short time, but the highlight of the outing =
> was a very good look at a male Bobolink in in the shrubbery of a house =
> at the edge of a field and also in the tall grass at the edge of an =
> unmowed portion of the field.  There were a number of Eastern =
> Meadowlarks working the edge of the tall grass also.  This is reported =
> to be the third consecutive year that Bobolink has been observed in the =
> same field and may be an indication of nesting.  Dr. Alsop knows of some =
> old nesting from Johnson County, TN.  The older information is probably =
> that summarized in Bird Study in Shady Valley Tennessee 1934-1999, =
> (Coffey and Shumate) p. 124.=20
>
> COTTON RAT
> This isn't a bird, but I also spotted a Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) =
> in a corner of a hayfield.  Anybody ever heard of a Cotton Rat?  It is a =
> rodent about the size of a Guinea Pig and has a tail shorter than its =
> body.  It is the first of its kind that I have ever seen.  Here is a =
> picture that I lifted off of the CDC web site linked below.  CDC is =
> interested because It is the reservoir of Black Creek Canal virus, a =
> hantavirus, but the disease is evidently not a current problem anywhere. =
> =20
>
> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/noframes/rodents.htm
>
> Jack Litz
> Kingsport, TN
>
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