FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Pete Range finds late White-crowned Sparrow (GA)

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Giff Beaton of  Marietta, GA reported Friday that he had just received a phone 
call from Pete Range and Paul Sykes on Wassaw Island, Georgia reporting   they 
had caught a very late White-crowned Sparrow in one of their bunting nets,
11 June, which is the only June record ever for this species in Georgia.  The 
previous late date for Georgia was 28 May 1977, also on the coast. The latest 
inland record is 14 May. 
I think many Herndon Chapter TOS members at Elizabethton and Bristol Bird Club 
members will remember Pete Range.   Pete grew up and went to school in Johnson 
City, TN and was active in the Tennessee Ornithological Society. 

Pete was also the BBC annual banquet speaker in September 1996.  He spent time 
hawk watching with us at Mendota Fire Tower while he was here that weekend.  He 
also came back to visit with us later.   He has been on our Whitetop - Mt. 
Rogers Christmas bird counts in past years as well as many Herndon Chapter 
counts.

Pete is a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, working as a field 
biologist on southern coastal wildlife preserves.  He grew up as a member of 
the Herndon Chapter and probably continues as a member.

I thought many of you would enjoy a little update on one of Pete's recent finds.

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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