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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:16 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] R. Grouse chicks/ east TN foray


> Carter and Unicoi counties, upper East Tennessee
> May26-29
> The long holiday weekend allowed me to make a trek from the low hills of
> middle TN to the mountains of east TN for some "high elivation" nature
study.
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> On the lower slopes of Unaka Mt., Unicoi Co., in the rhododendron thickets
> from 2,500 to 3,000 feet, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS were common. Here I
also
> got my minimum yearly requirement of VEERY song! Veerys are seen at Radnor
in
> Nashville in low numbers during migrtion but I don't usually hear them
sing.
> At the spruce/fir zone at aprox. 4,000 ft. CANADA WARBLER was heard, but
not
> seen! MAGNOLIA WARBLER, heard and seen and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were
> encountered in the more open areas on top. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were
heard and
> CEDAR WAXWINGS were also present.
> Butterfly species of note on Unaka were MOURNING CLOAKS along the road and
> AMER. COPPERS in the meadows.
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> I stayed on a private farm in the Hampton area of Carter Co., at aprox.
2,500
> ft. elivation. The highlight sighting of this area was a RUFFED GROUSE
with a
> total of 9 chicks in tow! They could not have been more than a few days
old.
> Grouse are resident on this farm, I've seem them on previous visits here
at
> other times of the year, but the timing was right since this is the
nesting
> season.
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> Thanks to local expert Don Holt I was able to add to my butterfly and
> dragonfly list. We found APPALACHAN EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL and Don
helped me with
> fine points of identification. Despite the overcast and misty weather we
also
> found an emerging COMMON BASKETTAIL dragonfly and FRAGILE FORKTAIL and
AURORA
> damselflies.
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> Other dragonflies found in the area were:
> Gray Petaltail
> Great Blue Skimmer
> 12 Spotted Skimmer
> Eastern Pondhawk
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> Richard Connors
> Nashville TN
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